For the first time, a location beyond Earth has been listed as vulnerable by the World Monuments Fund, an international nonprofit that every two years highlights 25 heritage sites at risk.

The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left unregulated.

Only 12 people have walked on the Moon — but in a new era of commercial space exploration, a nonprofit dedicated to safeguarding treasured sites is warning about threats to historic Moon landing locations.

The site of the first Moon landing has been added to a list of endangered heritage sites over concerns that important artefacts on its surface could be under threat by a new space age.

The Moon is the only celestial body to appear on the list, which includes 25 sites around the world, including buildings by the Musi River in India, a fabric house in Gaza, a mona