The moon

Shabbat Rosh Hodesh: At the threshold of renewal

Shabbat Rosh Hodesh is an invitation to renew not only the month but also ourselves.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND
‘Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad with her, all who love her.’
NASA's Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard is seen as it lands in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2026.

Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after trip around moon

It took recovery teams less than two hours to secure the floating capsule and retrieve the crew, ending the first human voyage to the vicinity of the moon in over fifty years.

|ByREUTERS
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover is pictured here in the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar flyby April 6, 2026.

Artemis II astronauts return to Earth after historic crewed mission to the Moon

After 10 days in space, Artemis II astronauts are set for a splashdown in the Pacific, marking humanity’s return to the Moon's vicinity for the first time since Apollo.

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The NASA Artemis II crew, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover, embrace inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home following a flyby of the far side of the Moon on April 7, 2026.

Artemis II astronauts brace for fiery return to Earth

The Artemis II crew, flying in their Orion capsule since launching from Florida last week, are due to splash down off the Southern California coast on Friday.

|ByREUTERS

The Lafair saga Dr. Jerry and Shoshana celebrate a blue-moon anniversary

Their glorious 61 years together has blessed them with seeing the fourth generation. May they be awarded many more years in good health together.

OCTOBER 3, 2023ByPESSY KRAUSZ
A supermoon hangs in the night sky.

What drives the mysterious force behind moon's frozen water?

Recent study attempts to shed light on moon's ice formation, but leaves scientists with more questions than answers.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE

Japan's 'moon sniper' to test precision landing - and Tokyo's space ambitions

The mission is meant to demonstrate Japan's ability to put a lightweight, low-cost craft on the moon within 100 meters of a designated landing site using an advanced visual navigation system.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023ByREUTERS
The blue moon as seen in the sky, August 30, 2023

India's Chandrayaan-3 lander detects 'moonquake' during two week mission

Electrical signals are generated when tremors cause springs within the machinery to move, allowing the scientists to construct models of what has occurred.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Arun Haryani, an enthusiast with his body painted in tri-colours reacts as he holds up a model of LVM3 M4 which was used in launching of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the eve of its moon landing, in Ahmedabad, India, August 22, 2023.

Mission accomplished, India puts moon rover to 'sleep'

Now India is hoping for the success of a probe launched on Saturday to study the sun, observing solar winds that can cause disturbance on Earth commonly seen as auroras.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByREUTERS
A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 shows the Zeeman crater located on the far side of the moon, August 17, 2023

Rare 'blue supermoon' rises over Israel, won't return until 2037

The blue supermoon is the brightest and the largest full moon of 2023.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A supermoon hangs in the night sky.

Rare 'blue supermoon' to rise this week, won't return until 2037

The coming full moon will be the brightest and the largest of 2023.

AUGUST 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The blue moon as seen in the sky, August 30, 2023

Netanyahu congratulates Indian PM on successful moon landing

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully landed on the moon on Wednesday.

AUGUST 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi

Chandrayaan-3 lands on moon in historic moment for India

The successful landing marks its emergence as a space power as the government looks to spur investment in private space launches and related satellite-based businesses.

AUGUST 23, 2023ByREUTERS
A view of the moon as viewed by the Chandrayaan-3 lander during Lunar Orbit Insertion on August 5, 2023 in this screengrab from a video released August 6, 2023.

What did China's rover discover hidden under the moon's surface? - study

The find could prove that volcanic activity on the moon didn't end 1 billion years ago, but may still be active today.

AUGUST 21, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 shows the Zeeman crater located on the far side of the moon, August 17, 2023