According to the President in his New Year message, he extended greetings on his behalf and that of his Government, to all those observing the lunar Chinese New Year 2023, which is being observed as the year of the rabbit.

Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/pres-ali-optimistic-about-enhanced-cooperation-between-guyana-china/

“After last week’s successful lunar orbital insertion manoeuvre, this image of the Moon was captured by our lander-mounted camera during HAKUTO-R Mission 1”, the company wrote on Twitter.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/private-japanese-lander-sends-1st-image-from-lunar-orbit/

After this phase moon will partially enter the actual dark part of the earth’s shadow which is termed an umbral lunar eclipse and is considered the actual eclipse by most people,” he added.

Source: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/partial-lunar-eclipse-to-take-place-tonight/

A lunar halo has been spotted in Dorset skies.

Source: https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/23948683.lunar-halo-phenomenon-spotted-around-moon-dorset/?ref=rss

A lunar registry can also learn from other registry efforts.

Source: https://slate.com/technology/2023/05/space-exploration-lunar-registry.html?via=rss

Artemis V will use NASA’s SLS rocket to send four astronauts to lunar orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/space/jeff-bezoss-blue-origin-finally-gets-coveted-moon-contract/

A six-wheeled rover is scheduled to roam the lunar surface gathering images and data.

Source: https://www.eyeradio.org/indians-celebrate-as-spacecraft-lands-near-south-pole-of-moon-in-historic-first/

A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Luna-25 automatic lunar station blasted off from the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East at 2:10 a.m. Moscow time on August 11. On August 12 and 14, the automatic probe adjusted its flight path twice.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/204873/Russia-s-Luna-25-lunar-probe-collided-with-Moon-s-surface

As part of its ongoing lunar program, India’s space agency first launched Chandrayaan-1 in October 2008.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/india-chandrayaan-3-lunar-lander-launch-explainer-1850612240

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander at the company’s facility on the North Side.

Source: https://triblive.com/local/no-christmas-eve-launch-for-astrobotic-lunar-lander/

Beijing’s space ambitions have become increasingly bold in recent years, successfully landing a rover on Mars, bringing samples back from the Moon and planning a lunar space station with Russia.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/china-to-sets-up-no-fly-zone-near-taiwan/

Blue Origin and its partners will develop and fly both a lunar lander that can make precision landings anywhere on the Moon's surface and a cislunar transporter.

Source: https://hothardware.com/news/blue-origin-scores-nasa-lunar-lander-contract

Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-11-astronaut-frank-borman-apollo-mission.html

Both have advantages and disadvantages, but the JPL team needs to do more research to determine which would be more useful for the lunar use case.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-deploying-huge-antenna-moon-insides.html

But the treacherous environment on the lunar far side gives little chance for scientific equipment to survive -- let alone transmit data back to Earth.

Source: https://ummid.com/news/2023/march/14.03.2023/radio-telescope-on-far-side-of-moon-to-probe-aunexplored-era-of-early-universe.html

Chandrayaan-3, the third lunar exploration mission of India, represents our unwavering commitment to pushing the boundaries of scientific exploration and showcasing our technological prowess on the global stage.

Source: https://voiceofsikkim.com/off-to-the-moon-chandrayaan-3-begins-its-journey/

China aims to establish a long-term human presence on the moon by 2030, and to cooperate with other countries in lunar exploration.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news-asia/chinas-plan-landing-humans-on-the-moon-by-2023/

Chinese cosmology follows the lunar calendar and a parallel 12-year elemental cycle supposedly following Jupiter’s path.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/weekend/heres-how-you-can-make-the-best-use-of-i-chings-healing-and-guiding-energies-for-divination

Dr Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford, said that the landers will attempt to explore "a perfect fossilised record of the Moon's history" at the bottom of lunar craters.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/indian-rocket-could-solve-4-30775692

DSEL was founded in 2022 and acts as a contractor for lunar exploration and is engaged in the ILRS and international cooperation.

Source: https://spacenews.com/china-attracts-moon-base-partners-outlines-project-timelines/