Topic: Lunar Mission

Svalbard Global Seed Vault, seed vault. Longyearbyen, the capital of Svalbard on the island of Spitsbergen in the Spitsbergen archipelago. Arctic, Europe, Scandinavia, Norway, Svalbard. (Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Scientists want a seed vault on the Moon

Rae Hodge
Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Luna-25 lunar station blasting off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Oblast of Russia's Far East on Aug. 11, 2023. (Xinhua via Getty Images)

Russia's lunar mission ends in failure

Kelly McClure