By Kenneth Chang and Jonathan Corum The shadow of the Blue Ghost spacecraft after it landed on the moon, with Earth in the distance ... that on its first try. China has a 100 percent success ...

Only five nations have been successful in soft-landings in the past: The then-Soviet Union, the US, China ... Moon. In an incredible video, you can see the distant Earth rising and setting behind ...

The privately-owned lander turned its cameras toward Earth as our planet cast its shadow over the moon. It’s not the first spacecraft to do so.

The phenomenon happens when the sun, Earth and moon line up, causing our planet to cast a giant shadow across its satellite. But as the Earth’s shadow crept across the moon, it did not entirely blot ...

The world is watching, and our competitors, like communist China, are racing to beat us ... consider alternatives for going from the Earth to the moon and back.” He said instead of NASA footing ...