Countries like China, India, Russia and the U.S. are strong contenders in the space race for extraterrestrial resources.
The rover also detected the presence of aluminum, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon and oxygen during its research on the lunar surface.
Japan's shot for the moon comes after India's Chandrayaan-3 mission saw a successful soft landing on the moon last week.
The Pragyan rover, weighing about 57 lbs (26kg), traveled to the moon in the belly of the Vikram lander to collect data that will be sent back to Earth for further analysis.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission aims at finding insights into lunar water exploration, which could eventually help in lunar mining and also the discovery of extraterrestrial resources beyond.
A successful soft landing on the lunar south pole would put India in the elite space club of nations that have managed to achieve a soft landing on the moon. The U.S., China, and the former Soviet Union are currently the only members of that club.
Russia's plan to launch its lunar lander on Friday is the latest in an international push to return to the Moon that includes the world's top powers but also new players.
"There is no danger that they interfere with each other or collide. There is enough space for everyone on the moon," the Russian space agency said.
"This is the third time in succession that ISRO has successfully inserted its spacecraft into the lunar orbit, apart from doing so into the Martian orbit," the space agency noted in a statement.
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The twin-rocket plan includes sending a pair of launch vehicles — one with a moon surface lander and another carrying the astronauts — into lunar orbit, said Zhang Hailian, deputy chief engineer with the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The Da Vinci glow before and April and May New Moons are said to be the best for 2023.
South Korea recently became the seventh country to explore the Moon.
The HAKUTO-R mission is well on its way to make a landing on the Moon.
Commander Moonikin Campos, Zohar and Helga had a bit of a fun exchange on Twitter.
The photos show the Moon's many deep craters and meteor and asteroid impact marks.
"We are going back to the moon. We're working towards a sustainable program, and this is the vehicle that will carry the people that will land us back on the moon again," NASA official said.
The partial solar eclipse was visible from Europe and parts of Africa and Asia.
The Lucy spacecraft took incredible pictures on its recent close pass to the Earth.
The much-awaited Perseids meteor shower is set to peak this month.
The astronauts had to quarantine after the moon mission.
The small satellite was headed toward the Moon.
