Most people know about China’s historic landing on the far side of the Moon–Chang’E-4 and its rover Yutu-2. Here’s a recent update: http://www.leonarddavid.com/international-experiments-on-chinas-farside-mission-gathering-good-data/
Did you also know that Israel has a lander enroute to the Moon? That picture is an artist’s concept. Learn more about the Beresheet lander at: https://www.space.com/spaceil-beresheet.html
Meanwhile, NASA is working with nine companies to develop commercial lunar landers that can carry science payloads to the Moon. They even want the delivery service to start this year! https://www.space.com/nasa-land-robot-moon-2019.html
Ah, and I almost left out Russia and Luxembourg: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-luxembourg-russia-space-idUSKCN1QN1OQ
Then there’s Canada, whose Space Strategy released today has lunar as #1: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/pdf/eng/publications/space-strategy-for-canada.pdf
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