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Duran Duran will headline the 50th anniversary concert of the Apollo 11 Moon landing at he Kennedy Space Center on July 16.
China, which landed a probe on the moon in 2013, now plans to be the first country to land a probe on the moon’s far side by 2020.
A Japanese person will be the first non-American to walk on the Moon, US President Joe Biden announces during a state visit by Japan's prime minister. US-Japan "ties stretch up to the Moon where two Japanese astronauts will join future American missions, and one will become the first non-American ever to land on the Moon," Biden says during a press conference at the White House. SOUNDBITE
Images of the solar eclipse from the International Space Station (ISS), with the Moon's shadow passing over Earth. IMAGES
Images of a model depicting the trajectory of Japan's Moon craft, which has landed on the lunar surface, space agency JAXA announces. IMAGES
Final preparations are underway for the launch of the first American spacecraft to attempt a lunar landing in more than 50 years, under a new partnership between NASA and private industry. United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket was rolling out to the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, preparing for its maiden flight set to blast off on Monday at 2:18 am local time (7:18 GMT). IMAGES