The Moon

Barbie (Margot Robbie) lies down on the ground on her side in defeat in 'Barbie'.

Inspirational Queen! Lunar Lander Tips Over but Still Works

A picture of the Moon surrounded by blackness

A picture of the Moon surrounded by blackness

A picture of the Moon surrounded by blackness

We Could Be Living on the Moon in 17 Years

BENGALURU, INDIA - AUGUST 23: Employees of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrate after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 mission on the moon inside the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) facility on August 23, 2023 in Bengaluru, India. India’s indigenously built unmanned Chandrayaan-3 space exploration mission with the 1752 kg lunar lander ‘Vikram’ containing the six-wheeled 26 kg rover ‘Pragyan’ landed near the lunar South Pole making it the fourth country after the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and China, to achieve this feat. Chandrayaan-3 will conduct in-situ scientific experiments on the lunar surface. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)

BENGALURU, INDIA - AUGUST 23: Employees of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrate after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 mission on the moon inside the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) facility on August 23, 2023 in Bengaluru, India. India’s indigenously built unmanned Chandrayaan-3 space exploration mission with the 1752 kg lunar lander ‘Vikram’ containing the six-wheeled 26 kg rover ‘Pragyan’ landed near the lunar South Pole making it the fourth country after the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and China, to achieve this feat. Chandrayaan-3 will conduct in-situ scientific experiments on the lunar surface. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)

BENGALURU, INDIA - AUGUST 23: Employees of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrate after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 mission on the moon inside the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) facility on August 23, 2023 in Bengaluru, India. India’s indigenously built unmanned Chandrayaan-3 space exploration mission with the 1752 kg lunar lander ‘Vikram’ containing the six-wheeled 26 kg rover ‘Pragyan’ landed near the lunar South Pole making it the fourth country after the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and China, to achieve this feat. Chandrayaan-3 will conduct in-situ scientific experiments on the lunar surface. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)

Why India’s Lunar Landing Placement Is Such a Big Deal

A scene from Georges Méliès‘s 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, the moon with a rocket in it's eye

A scene from Georges Méliès‘s 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, the moon with a rocket in it's eye

A scene from Georges Méliès‘s 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, the moon with a rocket in it's eye

Are We Really Sending a Bunch of Sperm to the Moon?

A Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA) for the Artemis-1 mission is unloaded from a barge at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida before sunrise on July 30, 2020. - Built exclusively at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the three-story structure is a critical piece of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis-1 mission, an uncrewed test flight which will carry the Orion spacecraft to the Moon and back in 2021. The SLS rocket will also carry 13 small satellites that will perform their own science and technology investigations. (Photo by Gregg Newton / Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images)

A Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA) for the Artemis-1 mission is unloaded from a barge at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida before sunrise on July 30, 2020. - Built exclusively at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the three-story structure is a critical piece of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis-1 mission, an uncrewed test flight which will carry the Orion spacecraft to the Moon and back in 2021. The SLS rocket will also carry 13 small satellites that will perform their own science and technology investigations. (Photo by Gregg Newton / Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images)

A Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA) for the Artemis-1 mission is unloaded from a barge at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida before sunrise on July 30, 2020. - Built exclusively at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the three-story structure is a critical piece of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis-1 mission, an uncrewed test flight which will carry the Orion spacecraft to the Moon and back in 2021. The SLS rocket will also carry 13 small satellites that will perform their own science and technology investigations. (Photo by Gregg Newton / Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Moon

Barbie (Margot Robbie) lies down on the ground on her side in defeat in 'Barbie'.

Inspirational Queen! Lunar Lander Tips Over but Still Works

A picture of the Moon surrounded by blackness

A picture of the Moon surrounded by blackness

A picture of the Moon surrounded by blackness

We Could Be Living on the Moon in 17 Years

BENGALURU, INDIA - AUGUST 23: Employees of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrate after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 mission on the moon inside the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) facility on August 23, 2023 in Bengaluru, India. India’s indigenously built unmanned Chandrayaan-3 space exploration mission with the 1752 kg lunar lander ‘Vikram’ containing the six-wheeled 26 kg rover ‘Pragyan’ landed near the lunar South Pole making it the fourth country after the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and China, to achieve this feat. Chandrayaan-3 will conduct in-situ scientific experiments on the lunar surface. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)

BENGALURU, INDIA - AUGUST 23: Employees of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrate after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 mission on the moon inside the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) facility on August 23, 2023 in Bengaluru, India. India’s indigenously built unmanned Chandrayaan-3 space exploration mission with the 1752 kg lunar lander ‘Vikram’ containing the six-wheeled 26 kg rover ‘Pragyan’ landed near the lunar South Pole making it the fourth country after the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and China, to achieve this feat. Chandrayaan-3 will conduct in-situ scientific experiments on the lunar surface. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)

BENGALURU, INDIA - AUGUST 23: Employees of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrate after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 mission on the moon inside the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) facility on August 23, 2023 in Bengaluru, India. India’s indigenously built unmanned Chandrayaan-3 space exploration mission with the 1752 kg lunar lander ‘Vikram’ containing the six-wheeled 26 kg rover ‘Pragyan’ landed near the lunar South Pole making it the fourth country after the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and China, to achieve this feat. Chandrayaan-3 will conduct in-situ scientific experiments on the lunar surface. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)

Why India’s Lunar Landing Placement Is Such a Big Deal

A scene from Georges Méliès‘s 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, the moon with a rocket in it's eye

A scene from Georges Méliès‘s 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, the moon with a rocket in it's eye

A scene from Georges Méliès‘s 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, the moon with a rocket in it's eye

Are We Really Sending a Bunch of Sperm to the Moon?