List of missions to the Moon explained

Missions to the Moon have been numerous and include some of the earliest space missions, conducting exploration of the Moon since 1959.

The first partially successful lunar mission was Luna 1 (January 1959), the first probe to leave Earth and fly past another astronomical body. Soon after that the first Moon landing and the first landing on any extraterrestrial body was performed by Luna 2,^[1] which intentionally impacted the Moon on 14 September 1959. The far side of the Moon, which is always facing away from Earth due to tidal locking, was seen for the first time by Luna 3 in (7 October 1959). In 1966, Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to achieve a controlled soft landing,^[2] while Luna 10 became the first mission to enter orbit, and in 1968 Zond 5 became the first mission to carry terrestrial lifeforms (tortoises) to close proximity of the Moon through a circumlunar approach.The first crewed missions to the Moon were pursued by the Soviet Union and the United States, becoming the climax of the Space Race. While the Soviet Union shifted to robotic sample return missions, the American Apollo program proceeded successfully, with Apollo 8 becoming the first crewed mission to enter lunar orbit in December 1968. On 20 July 1969 Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. At the same time another mission, the robotic sample return mission Luna 15 by the Soviet Union, was in orbit around the Moon, becoming together with Apollo 11 the first ever case of two extraterrestrial missions being conducted at the same time. Until 1972 crewed Apollo missions and until 1976 Soviet uncrewed sample return missions, with the first ever successful extraterrestrial rovers (Lunokhod programme), continued. After that no dedicated lunar missions were conducted until 1990. Since then the following nations and organisations (in chronological order) have visited the Moon, after the Soviet Union and the United States: Japan, the European Space Agency, China, India, Luxembourg, Israel, Italy, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Mexico, and Pakistan.

In 2018 the far side of the Moon was for the first time landed on by the Chang'e 4 mission at the Aitken basin on 3 January 2019 and deployed the Yutu-2 rover. Five years later, China followed with Chang'e 6 sample return mission to the far side whose lander successfully landed in Apollo crater on 1 June 2024 and collected lunar samples.

On August 23, 2023 12:34 UTC, India's Chandrayaan-3 became the first lunar mission to achieve a soft landing near the lunar south pole. The mission consisted of a lander and a rover for carrying out scientific experiments.

The Moon has also been visited by five spacecraft not dedicated to studying it; four of these spacecraft have flown past for the purpose of gravity assistance, and a radio telescope, Explorer 49, was placed into selenocentric orbit in order to use the Moon to block interference from terrestrial radio sources.

20th century

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Mission		Spacecraft	Launch date	Carrier rocket	Operator	Mission type	Outcome
1	Pioneer 0(Able I)[3]	Pioneer 0		Thor DM-18 Able I	USAF	Orbiter
		First attempted launch beyond Earth orbit; failed to orbit due to turbopump gearbox malfunction resulting in first-stage explosion. Reached apogee of 16km (10miles).[4]
2	Luna E-1 No.1	Luna E-1 No.1		Luna	OKB-1	Impactor
		Failed to orbit; rocket disintegrated due to excessive vibration.[5]
3	Pioneer 1(Able II)	Pioneer 1		Thor DM-18 Able I	NASA	Orbiter
		Failed to orbit; premature second-stage cutoff due to accelerometer failure. Later known as Pioneer 1. Reached apogee of .[6]
4	Luna E-1 No.2	Luna E-1 No.2		Luna	OKB-1	Impactor
		Failed to orbit; carrier rocket exploded due to excessive vibration.
5	Pioneer 2(Able III)	Pioneer 2		Thor DM-18 Able I	NASA	Orbiter
		Failed to orbit; premature second-stage cutoff due to erroneous command by ground controllers; third stage failed to ignite due to broken electrical connection. Reached apogee of .[7]
6	Luna E-1 No.3	Luna E-1 No.3		Luna	OKB-1	Impactor
		Failed to orbit; seal failure in hydrogen peroxide pump cooling system resulted in core-stage underperformance.
7	Pioneer 3	Pioneer 3		Juno II	NASA	Flyby
		Failed to orbit; premature first-stage cutoff. Reached apogee of .[8]
8	Luna 1(E-1 No.4)	Luna 1		Luna	OKB-1	Impactor
		Carrier rocket guidance problem resulted in failure to impact Moon, flew past in a heliocentric orbit.[9] Closest approach on 4 January.[10] First spacecraft to fly by the Moon.
9	Pioneer 4	Pioneer 4		Juno II	NASA	Flyby
		Second-stage overperformance resulted in flyby at greater altitude than expected, out of instrument range, with of distance. Closest approach at 22:25 UTC on 4 March. First U.S. spacecraft to leave Earth orbit.[11]
10	E-1A No.1	E-1A No.1		Luna	OKB-1	Impactor
		Failed to orbit; guidance system malfunction.
11	Luna 2(E-1A No.2)	Luna 2		Luna	OKB-1	Impactor
		Successful impact at 21:02 on 14 September 1959. First spacecraft to impact the lunar surface.[12] This made the Soviet Union the 1st country to impact the surface of the Moon.
12	Luna 3(E-2A No.1)	Luna 3		Luna	OKB-1	Flyby
		Returned the first images of the far side of the Moon.[13]
13	Pioneer P-3Able IVB	Pioneer P-3		Atlas-D Able	NASA	Orbiter
		Failed to orbit;[14] payload fairing disintegrated due to design fault.
14	Luna E-3 No.1	Luna E-3 No.1		Luna	OKB-1	Flyby
		Failed to orbit; premature third-stage cutoff.[15]
15	Luna E-3 No.2	Luna E-3 No.2		Luna	OKB-1	Flyby
		Failed to orbit; rocket disintegrated ten seconds after launch.
16	Pioneer P-30(Able VA)	Pioneer P-30		Atlas-D Able	NASA	Orbiter
		Failed to orbit; second-stage oxidizer system malfunction resulting in premature cutoff.[16]
17	Pioneer P-31(Able VB)	Pioneer P-31		Atlas-D Able	NASA	Orbiter
		Failed to orbit, exploded 68 seconds after launch, at an altitude of . Second stage ignited while first stage was still attached and burning.[17]
18	Ranger 3(P-34)	Ranger 3		Atlas LV-3 Agena-B	NASA	Impactor
		Ranger 3 lander				Lander
		Partial launch failure due to guidance problem; attempt to correct using spacecraft's engine resulted in it missing the Moon by .[18] [19]
19	Ranger 4(P-35)	Ranger 4		Atlas LV-3 Agena-B	NASA	Impactor
		Ranger 4 lander				Lander
		Failed to deploy solar panels, ran out of power ten hours after launch; incidental impact on the far side of the Moon on 26 April. First spacecraft to impact the far side of the Moon.[20] The impact made the United States the 2nd country to impact the surface of the Moon.
20	Ranger 5(P-36)	Ranger 5		Atlas LV-3 Agena-B	NASA	Impactor
		Ranger 5 lander				Lander
		Solar panels erroneously disengaged from power system, failed hours after launch when batteries were depleted. Missed the Moon as course correction was not completed.[21]
21	Luna E-6 No.2	Luna E-6 No.2		Molniya-L	OKB-1	Lander
		Failed to depart Low Earth orbit;[22] guidance system power failure prevented upper-stage ignition.[23]
22	Luna E-6 No.3	Luna E-6 No.3		Molniya-L	OKB-1	Lander
		Failed to orbit; guidance failure.
23	Luna 4(E-6 No.4)	Luna 4		Molniya-L	OKB-1	Lander
		Failed to perform mid-course correction, remained in high Earth orbit until given escape velocity by orbital perturbation.[24]
24	Ranger 6(P-54)	Ranger 6		Atlas LV-3 Agena-B	NASA	Impactor
		Impacted on 2 February 1964, failed to return images due to power system failure.[25] [26]
25	Luna E-6 No.6	Luna E-6 No.6		Molniya-M	OKB-1	Lander
		Failed to orbit; third stage underperformed due to oxidiser valve failure.
26	Luna E-6 No.5	Luna E-6 No.5		Molniya-M	OKB-1	Lander
		Failed to orbit; power failure caused by broken connection resulted in premature third-stage cutoff.
27	Ranger 7	Ranger 7		Atlas LV-3 Agena-B	NASA	Impactor
		Impacted on 30 July 1964 at 13:25:48 UTC.[27]
28	Ranger 8	Ranger 8		Atlas LV-3 Agena-B	NASA	Impactor
		Impacted on 20 February 1965 at 09:57:37 UTC.[28] [29]
29	Kosmos 60(E-6 No.9)	Kosmos 60		Molniya-L	Lavochkin	Lander
		Upper stage failed to restart due to guidance system short circuit, Failed to depart low Earth orbit.[30]
30	Ranger 9	Ranger 9		Atlas LV-3 Agena-B	NASA	Impactor
		Impacted on 24 March 1965 at 14:08:20 UTC.[31]
31	Luna E-6 No.8	Luna E-6 No.8		Molniya-L	Lavochkin	Lander
		Third stage failed to ignite due to loss of oxidiser pressure, failed to orbit.
32	Luna 5(E-6 No.10)	Luna 5		Molniya-M	Lavochkin	Lander
		Loss of control after gyroscope malfunction, failed to decelerate for landing and impacted the Moon at 19:10 UTC on 12 May 1965.[32]
33	Luna 6(E-6 No.7)	Luna 6		Molniya-M	Lavochkin	Lander
		Engine failed to shut down after performing mid-course correction manoeuvre, flew past the Moon in a heliocentric orbit.[33]
34	Zond 3(3MV-4 No.3)	Zond 3		Molniya	Lavochkin	Flyby
		Flew past the Moon on 20 July 1965 at a distance of .[34] Conducted technology demonstration for future planetary missions.
35	Luna 7(E-6 No.11)	Luna 7		Molniya	Lavochkin	Lander
		Attitude control failure shortly before landing prevented controlled descent; impacted the lunar surface 22:08:24 UTC on 7 October 1965.[35]
36	Luna 8(E-6 No.12)	Luna 8		Molniya	Lavochkin	Lander
		Landing airbag punctured, resulting in loss of attitude control shortly before planned touchdown, impacted Moon on 6 December 1965 at 21:51:30 UTC.[36]
37	Luna 9(E-6 No.13)	Luna 9		Molniya-M	Lavochkin	Lander
		First spacecraft to land successfully on the Moon. Touchdown on 3 February 1966 at 18:45:30 UTC.[37] Returned data until 6 February at 22:55 UTC.[38] With its soft landing, the Soviet Union became the first country to successfully land on the lunar surface.
38	Kosmos 111(E-6S No.204)	Kosmos 111		Molniya-M	Lavochkin	Orbiter
		Upper stage lost attitude control and failed to ignite; spacecraft never left low Earth orbit.[39]
39	Luna 10(E-6S No.206)	Luna 10		Molniya-M	Lavochkin	Orbiter
		Entered orbit at 18:44 UTC on 3 April 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit the Moon.[40] Continued to return data until 30 May.
40	Surveyor 1	Surveyor 1		Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D	NASA	Lander
		Landed in Oceanus Procellarum on 2 June 1966 at 06:17:36 UTC. Returned data until loss of power on 13 July.[41] With its soft landing, the United States became the second country to successfully land on the lunar surface.
41	Explorer 33(AIMP-D)	Explorer 33		Delta E1	NASA	Orbiter
		Magnetospheric probe; rocket imparted greater velocity than had been planned, leaving spacecraft unable to enter orbit. Repurposed for Earth orbit mission which was completed successfully.[42]
42	Lunar Orbiter 1	Lunar Orbiter 1		Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D	NASA	Orbiter
		Orbital insertion at around 15:36 UTC on 14 August. Deorbited early due to lack of fuel and to avoid communications interference with the next mission, impacted the Moon at 13:30 UTC on 29 October 1966.[43]
43	Luna 11(E-6LF No.101)	Luna 11		Molniya-M	Lavochkin	Orbiter
		Entered orbit on 28 August 1966. Failed to return images; other instruments operated correctly. Conducted gamma ray and X-ray observations to study the composition of the Moon, investigated the lunar gravitational field, the presence of meteorites in the lunar environment and the radiation environment at the Moon. Ceased operation on 1 October 1966 after power was depleted.[44]
44	Surveyor 2	Surveyor 2		Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D	NASA	Lander
		One thruster failed to ignite during mid-course correction manoeuvre, resulting in loss of control. Impacted the Moon at 03:18 UTC on 23 September 1966.[45]
45	Luna 12(E-6LF No.102)	Luna 12		Molniya-M	Lavochkin	Orbiter
		Entered orbit on 25 October 1966 and returned data until 19 January 1967.[46] Completed photography mission intended for Luna 11.
46	Lunar Orbiter 2	Lunar Orbiter 2		Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D	NASA	Orbiter
		Entered orbit at about 19:51 UTC on 10 November 1966 to begin photographic mapping mission. Impacted on the far side of the lunar surface following deorbit burn on 11 October 1967 at end of mission.[47]
47	Luna 13(E-6M No.205)	Luna 13		Molniya-M	Lavochkin	Lander
		Successfully landed in Oceanus Procellarum at 18:01 UTC on 24 December 1966. Returned images from the surface and studied the lunar soil.[48] Operated until depletion of power at 06:31 UTC on 28 December.
48	Lunar Orbiter 3	Lunar Orbiter 3		Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D	NASA	Orbiter
		Entered orbit at 21:54 UTC on 8 February 1967. Deorbited at end of mission and impacted the Moon on 9 October 1967.[49]
49	Surveyor 3	Surveyor 3		Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D	NASA	Lander
		Landed at 00:04 UTC on 20 April 1967 and operated until 3 May.[50] [51] Visited by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969, with some parts removed for return to Earth.[52]
50	Lunar Orbiter 4	Lunar Orbiter 4		Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D	NASA	Orbiter
		Entered orbit at 21:54 UTC on 8 May 1967, operated until 17 July. Decayed from orbit, with lunar impact occurring on 6 October 1967.[53]
51	Surveyor 4	Surveyor 4		Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D	NASA	Lander
		Contact with spacecraft lost at 02:03 UTC on 17 July, two and a half minutes before scheduled landing. NASA determined that the spacecraft may have exploded, otherwise it impacted the Moon.[54]
52	Explorer 35 (AIMP-E)	Explorer 35 (AIMP-E)		Delta E1	NASA	Orbiter
		Magnetospheric probe, studying the Moon and interplanetary space. Deactivated on 27 June 1973.[55] Presumed to have impacted the Moon during the 1970s.[56]
53	Lunar Orbiter 5	Lunar Orbiter 5		Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D	NASA	Orbiter
		Final mission in the Lunar Orbiter series, entered selenocentric orbit on 5 August at 16:48 UTC and conducted a photographic survey until 18 August. Deorbited and impacted the Moon on 31 January 1968.[57]
54	Surveyor 5	Surveyor 5		Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D	NASA	Lander
		Landed in Mare Tranquillitatis at 00:46:44 UTC on 11 September. Last signals received at 04:30 UTC on 17 December 1967.[58]
55	Soyuz 7K-L1 No.4L	Soyuz 7K-L1 No.4L		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Flyby
		Technology demonstration for planned crewed missions. Failed to reach orbit after a blocked propellant line caused one of the first-stage engines to not ignite.
56	Surveyor 6	Surveyor 6		Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D	NASA	Lander
		Landed in Sinus Medii at 01:01:04 UTC on 10 November. Made brief flight from lunar surface at 10:32 UTC on 17 November, followed by second landing after travelling . Last contact at 19:14 UTC on 14 December.[59]
57	Soyuz 7K-L1 No.5L	Soyuz 7K-L1 No.5L		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Flyby
		Technology demonstration for planned crewed missions; unable to achieve orbit after second-stage engine failed to ignite.
58	Surveyor 7	Surveyor 7			NASA	Lander
		Final Surveyor mission.[60] Landed from Tycho crater at 01:05:36 UTC on 10 January. Operated until 21 February 1968.[61]
59	Luna E-6LS No.112	Luna E-6LS No.112		Molniya-M	Lavochkin	Orbiter
		Failed to orbit after third stage ran out of fuel.
60	Luna 14(E-6LS No.113)	Luna 14		Molniya-M	Lavochkin	Orbiter
		Tested communications for proposed crewed missions and studied the mass concentration of the Moon. Entered orbit on 10 April at 19:25 UTC.[62]
61	Soyuz 7K-L1 No.7L	Soyuz 7K-L1 No.7L		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Flyby
		Technology demonstration for planned crewed missions. Failed to orbit after second-stage engine incorrectly commanded to shut down. Spacecraft was recovered using its prototype launch escape system.
62	Zond 5(7K-L1 No.9L)	Zond 5		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Flyby
		Two tortoises and other life forms on board a technology demonstration for planned crewed missions. Made a closest approach of on 18 September, and circled the Moon before returning to Earth. Landed in the Indian Ocean on 21 September at 16:08 UTC, becoming the first Lunar spacecraft to be recovered successfully and carried the first Earth life to travel to and around the Moon.[63]
63	Zond 6(7K-L1 No.12L)	Zond 6		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Flyby
		Technology demonstration for planned crewed missions. Carrying turtles, making this the second mission of Earthlings to travel in close proximity of the Moon, the flyby was on 14 November with a closest approach of .[64] Reentered Earth's atmosphere on 17 November; recovery was unsuccessful after parachutes were prematurely jettisoned.
64	Apollo 8	Apollo 8		Saturn V	NASA	Crewed orbiter
		First crewed mission to the Moon; entered orbit around the Moon with four-minute burn beginning at 09:59:52 UTC on 24 December. Completed ten orbits of the Moon before returning to Earth with an engine burn at 06:10:16 UTC on 25 December. Landed in the Pacific Ocean at 15:51 UTC on 27 December.[65]
65	Soyuz 7K-L1 No.13L	Soyuz 7K-L1 No.13L		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Flyby
		Technology demonstration for planned crewed missions. Failed to orbit after one of the four second-stage engines shut down prematurely. Third-stage engine also shut down prematurely. The spacecraft was recovered using its launch escape system.[66]
66	Luna E-8 No.201	Luna E-8 No.201		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Lunokhod				Rover
		First launch of the Lunokhod rover. Launch vehicle disintegrated 51 seconds after launch and exploded.[67]
67	Soyuz 7K-L1S No.3	Soyuz 7K-L1S No.3		N1	OKB-1	Orbiter
		First launch of N1 rocket; intended to orbit the Moon and return to Earth. First stage prematurely shut down 70 seconds after launch; launch vehicle crashed from launch site. Spacecraft landed some from the launch pad after successfully using its launch escape system.
68	Apollo 10	Apollo 10		Saturn V	NASA	Orbiter
		Lunar Module Snoopy				Orbiter
		Dress rehearsal for Apollo 11. Lunar Module with two astronauts on board descended to a distance of above the lunar surface.[68]
69	Luna E-8-5 No.402	Luna E-8-5 No.402		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Luna E-8-5 No.402 return craft				Sample Return
		Intended to land on the Moon and return lunar soil sample. Did not reach Earth orbit after fourth stage failed to ignite.
70	Soyuz 7K-L1S No.5	Soyuz 7K-L1S No.5		N1	OKB-1	Orbiter
		Intended to orbit the Moon and return to Earth. All first-stage engines shut down 10 seconds after launch; launch vehicle crashed and exploded on the launch pad. Spacecraft landed safely from the launch site after using launch escape sequence.
71	Luna 15(E-8-5 No.401)	Luna 15		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Luna 15 return craft				Sample Return
		Reached lunar orbit at 10:00 UTC on 17 July. Descent retro-rocket burn started at 15:47 UTC on 21 July. Contact lost three minutes after de-orbit burn; probably crashed on the Moon.
72	Apollo 11	Apollo 11		Saturn V	NASA	Orbiter
		Lunar Module Eagle				Lander/Launch Vehicle
		First crewed landing on the Moon. The Lunar Module Eagle landed at 20:17 UTC on 20 July 1969.
73	Zond 7(7K-L1 No.11L)	Zond 7		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Flyby
		Technology demonstration for planned crewed missions. Carried four turtles in a lunar flyby on 10 August, with a closest approach of ; returned to Earth and landed in Kazakhstan at 18:13 UTC on 14 August.
74	Kosmos 300(E-8-5 No.403)	Kosmos 300		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Kosmos 300 return craft				Sample return
		Third attempt at lunar sample return. After reaching low Earth orbit, the fourth-stage engine failed to fire for trans-lunar injection due to oxidiser leak. Spacecraft re-entered Earth's atmosphere about 4 days after launch.
75	Kosmos 305(E-8-5 No.404)	Kosmos 305		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Kosmos 305 return craft				Sample Return
		Fourth attempt at lunar sample return. After reaching low Earth orbit, the fourth-stage engine failed to fire for trans-lunar injection due to control system malfunction. Spacecraft re-entered Earth's atmosphere within one orbit after launch.
76	Apollo 12	Apollo 12		Saturn V	NASA	Orbiter
		Lunar Module Intrepid				Lander/Launch Vehicle
		Second crewed lunar landing.
77	Luna E-8-5 No.405	Luna E-8-5 No.405		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Luna E-8-5 No.405 return craft				Sample return
		Failed to orbit
78	Apollo 13	Apollo 13		Saturn V	NASA	Orbiter
		Lunar Module Aquarius		Saturn V	NASA	Rescue mission
		Lunar landing aborted following Service Module oxygen tank explosion en route to the Moon; flew past the Moon (free-return trajectory) and returned the crew safely to Earth.
79	Luna 16(E-8-5 No.406)	Luna 16		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Luna 16 return craft				Sample return
		First robotic sampling mission.
80	Zond 8(7K-L1 No.14L)	Zond 8		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Flyby
		Technology demonstration for planned crewed missions; returned to Earth successfully.
81	Luna 17(E-8 No.203)	Luna 17		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Lunokhod 1				Rover
		Luna 17 deployed Lunokhod 1.
82	Apollo 14	Apollo 14		Saturn V	NASA	Orbiter
		Lunar Module Antares				Lander/Launch Vehicle
		Third crewed lunar landing.
83	Apollo 15	Apollo 15		Saturn V	NASA	Orbiter
		Lunar Module Falcon				Lander/Launch Vehicle
		Lunar Roving Vehicle				Rover
		Fourth crewed lunar landing, and first to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
84	PFS-1	PFS-1		Saturn V	NASA	Orbiter
		PFS-1 was deployed from Apollo 15.
85	Luna 18(E-8-5 No.407)	Luna 18		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Luna 18 return craft				Sample return
		Failed during descent to lunar surface.
86	Luna 19(E-8LS No.202)	Luna 19		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Orbiter
		Entered an orbit around the Moon on 2 October 1971 after two midcourse corrections on 29 September and 1 October.
87	Luna 20(E-8-5 No.408)	Luna 20		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Luna 20 return craft				Sample return
		Luna 20 soft landed on the Moon in a mountainous area known as the Terra Apollonius (or Apollonius highlands) near Mare Fecunditatis (Sea of Fertility), 120 km from where Luna 16 had landed.
88	Apollo 16	Apollo 16		Saturn V	NASA	Orbiter
		Lunar Module Orion				Lander/Launch Vehicle
		Lunar Roving Vehicle				Rover
		5th crewed lunar landing.
89	PFS-2	PFS-2		Saturn V	NASA	Orbiter
		PFS-2 deployed from Apollo 16.
90	Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1	Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1		N1	OKB-1	Orbiter
		Failed to orbit; intended to orbit the Moon and return to Earth.
91	Apollo 17	Apollo 17		Saturn V	NASA	Orbiter
		Lunar Module Challenger				Lander/Launch Vehicle
		Lunar Roving Vehicle				Rover
		Sixth and last crewed lunar landing and last use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle; the orbiting command module included five mice.
92	Luna 21(E-8 No.204)	Luna 21		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Lunokhod 2				Rover
		Deployed Lunokhod 2.
93	Explorer 49(RAE-B)	Explorer 49		Delta 1913	NASA	Orbiter
		Radio astronomy spacecraft, operated in selenocentric orbit to avoid interference from terrestrial radio sources.
94	Mariner 10	Mariner 10		Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1A	NASA	Flyby
		Interplanetary spacecraft, mapped lunar north pole to test cameras.
95	Luna 22(E-8LS No.206)	Luna 22		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Orbiter
		Inserted into a circular lunar orbit on 2 June 1974
96	Luna 23(E-8-5M No.410)	Luna 23		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Luna 23 return craft				Sample Return
		Tipped over upon landing, precluding any sample return attempt. Functioned for three days on surface.
97	Luna E-8-5M No.412	Luna E-8-5M No.412		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Luna E-8-5M No.412 return craft				Sample Return
		Failed to orbit.
98	Luna 24(E-8-5M No.413)	Luna 24		Proton-K/D	Lavochkin	Lander
		Luna 24 return craft				Sample Return
		Entered orbit on 11 August 1976 and landed in Mare Crisium at 16:36 UTC on 18 August. Sample capsule launched at 05:25 UTC on 19 August and recovered hours later.[69] Returned of lunar regolith.[70] Final mission to the Moon from the Soviet Union.
99	ISEE-3(ICE/Explorer 59)	ISEE-3		Delta 2914	NASA	Flyby
		Five flybys in 1982 and 1983 en route to comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner.
100	Hiten(MUSES-A)	Hiten		Mu-3S-II	ISAS	Orbiter
		Hagoromo		Mu-3S-II	ISAS	Orbiter
		Designed for flyby, placed into selenocentric orbit during extended mission after failure of Hagoromo. Deorbited and impacted in USGS quadrangle LQ27 on 10 April 1993.[71] Hagoromo was deployed from Hiten. The impact made Japan the 3rd country to impact the surface of the Moon.
101	Geotail	Geotail		Delta II 6925	ISAS/NASA	Flyby
		Series of flybys to regulate high Earth orbit.
102	WIND	WIND		Delta II 7925-10	NASA	Flyby
		Made two flybys on 1 December 1994 and 27 December 1994 to reach the Earth–Sun L1 Lagrangian point.
103	Clementine(DSPSE)	Clementine		Titan II (23)G Star-37FM	USAF/NASA	Orbiter
		Completed Lunar objectives successfully; failed following departure from selenocentric orbit.
104	HGS-1	HGS-1		Proton-K/DM3	Hughes	Flyby
		Communications satellite; made two flybys in May and June 1998 en route to geosynchronous orbit after delivery into wrong orbit.
105	Lunar Prospector(Discovery 3)	Lunar Prospector		Athena II	NASA	Orbiter
		The mission ended on July 31, 1999
106	Nozomi(PLANET-B)	Nozomi		M-V	ISAS	Flyby
		Two flybys en route to Mars.

21st century

Legend⚀ Cubesat or similar

Mission		Spacecraft	Launch date	Carrier rocket	Operator	Mission type	Outcome
107	WMAP	WMAP		Delta II 7425-10	NASA	Flyby
		Flyby on 30 July 2001 to reach the Earth–Sun L2 Lagrangian point.
108	SMART-1	SMART-1		Ariane 5G	ESA	Orbiter
		Impacted Moon in USGS quadrangle LQ26 at end of mission on 3 September 2006. The impact made the ESA member states collectively the 4th to impact the surface of the Moon.
109	STEREO	STEREO A		Delta II 7925-10L	NASA	Flyby
		STEREO B
		Both component spacecraft entered heliocentric orbit on 15 December 2006.
110	ARTEMIS	ARTEMIS P1		Delta II 7925	NASA	Orbiter
		ARTEMIS P2				Orbiter
		Two THEMIS spacecraft moved to selenocentric orbit for extended mission; entered orbit July 2011.
111	SELENE	Kaguya		H-IIA 2022	JAXA	Orbiter
		Okina				Orbiter
		Ouna				Orbiter
		Deployed Okina and Ouna satellites. Kaguya and Okina impacted the Moon at end of mission.[72] Ouna completed operations on 29 June 2009[73] but remains in selenocentric orbit.
112	Chang'e 1	Chang'e 1		Long March 3A	CNSA	Orbiter
		Impacted Moon in USGS quadrangle LQ21 on 1 March 2009, at end of mission. The impact made China the 6th country to impact the surface of the Moon.
113	Chandrayaan-1	Chandrayaan-1	22 October 2008	PSLV-XL C11	ISRO	Orbiter
		Moon Impact Probe				Impactor
		Succeeded through mission. Orbit lasted 312 days, short of intended 2 years; However mission achieved most of its intended objectives. Terminated in 2009, remains in selenocentric orbit; discovered water ice on the Moon.[74] Moon Impact Probe was deployed from the orbiter. It successfully impacted Moon's Shackleton Crater in the USGS quadrangle LQ30 at 20:31 on 14 November 2008 releasing underground debris that could be analyzed by the orbiter for presence of water/ice. With this mission, India became the 4th nation to impact the lunar surface and 5th as an agency.
114	LRO & LCROSS	Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter		Atlas V 401	NASA	Orbiter
		LCROSS		Atlas V 401	NASA	Impactor
		LCROSS observed impact of Centaur upper stage that launched it and LRO, then impacted itself. Impacts in USGS quadrangle LQ30. LRO entered orbit on June 23, 2009.
115	Chang'e 2	Chang'e 2		Long March 3C	CNSA	Orbiter
		Following completion of six month Lunar mission, departed selenocentric orbit for Earth–Sun L2 Lagrangian point[75] and subsequently flew by asteroid 4179 Toutatis for a close encounter with the asteroid at a distance of 3.2 kilometers and a relative velocity of 10.73 km/s.[76] [77]
116	GRAIL	Ebb(GRAIL-A)	[78] [79]	Delta II 7920H	NASA	Orbiter
		Flow(GRAIL-B)				Orbiter
		Impacted the Moon in USGS quadrangle LQ01 on 17 December 2012 at end of mission.[80]
117	LADEE	LADEE		Minotaur V	NASA	Orbiter
		Mission ended on 18 April 2014, when the spacecraft's controllers intentionally crashed LADEE into the far side of the Moon.
118	Chang'e 3	Chang'e 3		Long March 3B	CNSA	Lander
		Yutu		Long March 3B	CNSA	Rover
		Entered orbit on 6 December 2013 with landing at 13:12 UTC on 14 December. Yutu rover was deployed from Chang'e 3. With its soft landing, China became the third country to successfully land on the lunar surface.
119	Chang'e 5-T1	Chang'e 5-T1		Long March 3C	CNSA	Orbiter
		Chang'e 5-T1 Return Capsule		Long March 3C	CNSA	Orbiter
		Manfred Memorial Moon Mission		Long March 3C	LuxSpace	Flyby / Impactor (post mission)
		Demonstration of re-entry capsule for Chang'e 5 sample-return mission at lunar return velocity. Orbiter may still be in lunar orbit. Manfred Memorial Moon Mission attached to third stage of CZ-3C used to launch Chang'e 5-T1. Impacted the Moon on 4 March 2022. The impact made Luxembourg the 8th country to impact the surface of the Moon.
120	TESS	TESS		Falcon 9 Full Thrust	NASA	Flyby
		Flyby on 17 May 2018 to designated high Earth orbit.[81]
121	Queqiao	Queqiao relay satellite		Long March 4C	CNSA	Relay Satellite
		Longjiang-1		Long March 4C	CNSA	Orbiter
		Longjiang-2		Long March 4C	CNSA	Orbiter
		Launched on the same rocket as Queqiao. Longjiang-1 never entered Moon orbit,[82] while Longjiang-2 operated in lunar orbit until 31 July 2019, when it impacted the lunar surface.[83] Queqiao entered designated Earth–Moon orbit on 14 June in preparation of Chang'e 4 far-side lunar lander in December 2018.
122	Chang'e 4	Chang'e 4		Long March 3B	CNSA	Lander
		Yutu-2				Rover
		First spacecraft to soft land on the far side of the Moon (South Pole–Aitken basin). Landed 3 January 2019 and deployed the Yutu-2 rover.[84] [85] Cottonseeds sprouted in the lander in a biological experiment, the first plants to sprout on the Moon.[86]
123	Beresheet	Beresheet		Falcon 9	SpaceIL	Lander
		First Israeli and first privately funded lunar lander mission. Technology demonstration. Instrumentation included a magnetometer and laser retroreflector.[87] [88] Spacecraft crashed into the lunar surface after main engine failure during descent from lunar orbit phase.[89] The impact made Israel the 7th country to impact the surface of the Moon.
124	Chandrayaan-2	Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter		LVM3	ISRO	Orbiter
		Vikram		LVM3	ISRO	Lander
		Pragyan				Rover
		Entered orbit on 20 August 2019. Lander separated from orbiter but crashed during a landing attempt on 6 September 2019, attributed to a software glitch. Both lander and rover were lost. Orbiter remained operational.[90]
125	Chang'e 5	Chang'e 5 Orbiter	23 November 2020	Long March 5	CNSA	Orbiter
		Chang'e 5 Lander	23 November 2020	Long March 5	CNSA	Lander
		Chang'e 5 Ascender				Launch Vehicle
		Chang'e 5 Returner				Sample Return
		First lunar sample return mission from China, which returned 1.731 kg (61.1 oz) of lunar samples on 16 December 2020. The orbiter received a mission extension and is currently in a distant retrograde orbit (DRO) of the Moon.[91]
126	CAPSTONE	⚀ CAPSTONE	28 June 2022[92]	Electron	NASA	Orbiter
		Lunar orbiting CubeSat that will test and verify the calculated orbital stability planned for the Gateway space station.
127	Danuri	Danuri	4 August 2022	Falcon 9	KARI	Orbiter[93] [94]
		Lunar Orbiter by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) of South Korea. The orbiter, its science payload and ground control infrastructure are technology demonstrators. The orbiter will also be tasked with surveying lunar resources such as water ice, uranium, helium-3, silicon, and aluminium, and produce a topographic map to help select future lunar landing sites.
128	Artemis I	Artemis I Orion MPCV CM-002	16 November 2022[95]	SLS Block 1	NASA	Orbiter
		⚀ LunaH-Map	16 November 2022	SLS Block 1	NASA	Orbiter
		⚀ Lunar IceCube				Orbiter
		⚀ CubeSat for Solar Particles				Flyby
		⚀ Near-Earth Asteroid Scout				Flyby
		⚀ OMOTENASHI			JAXA	Lander
		⚀ ArgoMoon	16 November 2022	SLS Block 1	ASI	Flybys
		⚀ EQUULEUS			JAXA	Flybys
		⚀ LunIR	16 November 2022	SLS Block 1	Lockheed Martin	Flyby
		⚀ BioSentinel	16 November 2022	SLS Block 1	NASA	Flyby
		⚀ Team Miles	16 November 2022	SLS Block 1	Fluid & Reason	Flyby
		Uncrewed test of Orion spacecraft in lunar flyby and lunar Distant retrograde orbit.
129	Hakuto-R Mission 1	Hakuto-R	11 December 2022	Falcon 9 Block 5	ispace	Lander
		SORA-Q			Tomy/JAXA/Dodai	Rover
		Rashid			UAESA/MBRSC	Rover
		⚀ Lunar Flashlight			NASA	Orbiter
		Lunar lander technology demonstration.[96] Contact lost during final stage of landing and deemed a failure. Cause of failure determined to be a software bug associated with the altitude estimation system.,[97] Emirates Lunar Mission Rashid was a small rover demonstration. The impact made the United Arab Emirates the 9th country to impact the surface of the Moon. Lunar Flashlight initially scheduled to be launched on the Artemis I mission, moved to a Falcon 9 Block 5 after not making it for the payload integration deadline. NASA announced later that it would not make its planned orbit or monthly flybys due to thruster issues.[98] [99]
130	Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer	Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer	14 April 2023	Ariane 5 ECA	ESA	Flyby
		Will fly by the Moon in August 2024 en route to Ganymede.
131	Chandrayaan-3	Chandrayaan-3	14 July 2023	LVM3	ISRO	Orbiter
		Vikram lander				lander	Lander
		Pragyan rover				Rover
		Launched on 14 July 2023, Orbit insertion on 5 August 2023, Lander separated from propulsion module on 17 August 2023, landed on 23 August 2023, 12:32 UTC and deployed the Pragyan rover. With its soft landing, India became the fourth country to successfully land on the lunar surface. Later during extended operations, the Propulsion Module returned to Earth's orbit.
132	Luna 25	Luna 25	10 August 2023	Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat	Roscosmos	Lander
		Launched on 10 August 2023, Orbital insertion on 16 August 2023, failed orbital maneuver on 19 August 2023 set the spacecraft on the crash course with the Moon's surface. Loss of communication was confirmed by Roscosmos on 20 August 2023. The impact made Russia the 10th country to impact the lunar surface.
133	SLIM	SLIM	6 September 2023	H-IIA	JAXA	Lander
		LEV-1				Hopper
		LEV-2 (Sora-Q)			Tomy / JAXA / Doshisha University	Rover
		Launched alongside XRISM as a co-passenger on 7 September 2023. Performed lunar swing-by, followed by lunar orbital insertion on 25 December 2023. SLIM landed intact and within 100 m of its target on 19 January 2024, 15:20 UTC, which met JAXA's criteria for a successful landing.[100] However, it had landed with incorrect attitude to orient solar panels towards the Sun, which led to temporary power loss until the Sun was in the right position. LEV-1 and LEV-2 were successfully deployed and landed separately from SLIM shortly before its own landing. LEV-1 conducted six hops on lunar surface. With its soft landing, Japan became the fifth country to successfully land on the lunar surface.
134	Peregrine Mission One	Peregrine	8 January 2024	Vulcan Centaur VC2	Astrobotic Technology	Lander
		Colmena × 5			UNAM	Rovers
		⚀ Iris			CMU	Rover
		Part of CLPS. Peregrine lander's reaction thrusters' leak deemed the spacecraft uncontrollable for landing and it decayed in the Earth's atmosphere 10 days later.
135	IM-1	Nova-C Odysseus	14 February 2024	Falcon 9 B5	Intuitive Machines	Lander
		⚀ EagleCam	14 February 2024	Falcon 9 B5	ERAU	Deployable camera
		First Nova-C mission. First private spacecraft to soft land on the Moon. Payloads successfully delivered for NASA CLPS and for private customers. Though it landed successfully, one of the lander's legs broke upon landing and it tilted up on other side, 18° due to landing on a slope, but the lander survived and payloads are functioning as expected.[101] EagleCam was not ejected prior to landing. It was later ejected on the 28th of February but minimal data was obtained.[102] [103]
136	DRO A/B	DRO-A	13 March 2024	Long March 2C	CAS	Relay Satellite
		DRO-B				Relay Satellite
		Yuanzheng 1S upper stage failed to deliver spacecrafts into correct orbit. The satellites were intended to test Distant retrograde orbit.[104] Tracking data appears to show China is attempting to salvage spacecraft and they appear to have succeeded in reaching their desired orbit.[105] [106]
137	Queqiao-2	Queqiao-2	20 March 2024	Long March 8	CNSA	Relay Satellite
		Tiandu-1			Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL, Tiandu Lab)[107]	Orbiter
		Tiandu-2				Orbiter
		Relay satellite to support future missions of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program targeting south pole region.[108] Tiandu satellites are launched with them to test communications for future lunar satellite constellation technologies.[109]
138	Chang'e 6	Chang'e 6 Orbiter	3 May 2024[110]	Long March 5	CNSA	Orbiter
		Chang'e 6 Lander	3 May 2024	Long March 5	CNSA	Lander
		Chang'e 6 Ascender				Launch Vehicle
		Chang'e 6 Returner				Sample Return
		Jinchan[111]				Rover
		⚀ ICUBE-Q[112]	3 May 2024	Long March 5	SUPARCO[113]	Orbiter
		First spacecraft to have collected lunar samples from the far side of the Moon (Apollo crater, South Pole–Aitken basin).[114] ICUBE-Q is Pakistan's first lunar mission. Lander carries international payloads from ESA, France, Italy, and Sweden. It also carried a mini rover to conduct infrared spectroscopy of lunar surface.[115] The orbiter went to Sun Earth L2 under mission extension.

Statistics

Launches by decade

This is a list of 138 missions (including failed ones) to the Moon. It includes Flybys, Impact probes, orbiters, landers, rovers and crewed missions.

Mission milestones by country

This is a list of major milestones achieved by country. Recorded is the first spacecraft from each respective country to accomplish each milestone, regardless of mission type or intended outcome. For example, Beresheet was not intended to be an impactor, but achieved that milestone incidentally.

Legend

† First to achieve

!Country/Agency!Flyby!Orbit!Impact!Soft landing!Rover!Sample return!Crewed orbiting!Crewed landing

United States	Pioneer 4, 1959	Lunar Orbiter 1, 1966	Ranger 4, 1962	Surveyor 1, 1966	LRV (Apollo 15), 1971	Apollo 11, 1969 †	Apollo 8, 1968 †	Apollo 11, 1969 †
Soviet Union	Luna 1, 1959 †	Luna 10, 1966 †	Luna 2, 1959 †	Luna 9, 1966 †	Lunokhod 1, 1970 †	Luna 16, 1970	—	—
China	Chang'e 5-T1, 2014	Chang'e 1, 2007	Chang'e 1, 2009	Chang'e 3, 2013	Yutu, 2013	Chang'e 5, 2020	—	—
India	Chandrayaan 3, 2023	Chandrayaan 1, 2008	MIP, 2008	Chandrayaan 3, 2023	Pragyan, 2023	—	—	—
Japan	Hiten, 1990	Hiten, 1993	Hiten, 1993	SLIM, 2024	LEV-1, 2024	—	—	—
Israel	—	Beresheet, 2019	Beresheet, 2019	Beresheet, 2019	—	—	—	—
Russia	—	Luna 25, 2023	Luna 25, 2023	Luna 25, 2023	—	—	—	—
ESA	—	SMART-1, 2003	SMART-1, 2006	—	—	—	—	—
Luxembourg	4M, 2014	—	4M, 2022	—	—	—	—	—
South Korea	—	Danuri, 2022	—	—	—	—	—	—
Italy	ArgoMoon, 2022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UAE	—	—	Rashid, 2023	—	Rashid, 2023	—	—	—
Pakistan	—	ICUBE-Q, 2024	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mexico	—	—	—	—	Colmena, 2024	—	—	—

Missions by organization/company

+Analysis of numbers of lunar missions	Country/Agency	Agency or company	Successful	Partial failure	Failure	Success rate	Operational	Total	Total for country
USSR	Lavochkin	16	2	22	40%	-	40	58
	Energia	2	-	16	11.11%	-	18
United States	NASA	37	2	14	67.27%	4	55	57
	USAF	1	-	1	50%	-	2
China	CNSA	10	-	-	100%	8	10	10
Japan	ISAS	2	-	2	50%	-	4	8
	JAXA	2	-	1	66.6%	1	4
India	ISRO	2	1	-	83.26%	2	3	3
Various member states	ESA	1	-	-	100%	-	1	1
Luxembourg	LuxSpace	1	-	-	100%	-	1	1
South Korea	KARI	1	-	-	100%	1	1	1
United States (private company)	Lockheed Martin	1	-	-	100%	-	1	1
United States (private company)	Fluid & Reason	1	-	-	100%	-	1	1
United States (private company)	Astrobotic Technology	-	-	1	0%	-	1	1
United States (private company)	Intuitive Machines	1	-	-	100%	1	1	1
United States (private university)	ERAU	-	-	1	0%	-	1	1
Italy	ASI	1	-	-	100%	-	1	1
Israel	SpaceIL	-	-	1	0%	-	1	1
Russia	Roscosmos	-	-	1	0%	-	1	1
UAE	UAESA	-	-	1	0%	-	1	1
Japan (private company)	ispace	-	-	1	0%	-	1	1
	IST / SUPARCO	1	-	-	100%	1	1	1

Future missions

There are several future lunar missions planned or proposed by various nations and organisations.

Funded and are under development

Robotic

Mission	Spacecraft	Launch date	Carrier rocket	Operator	Mission type
Blue Ghost M1	Blue Ghost Lander	January 2025[116] [117]	Falcon 9 B5	Firefly Aerospace	Lander
	Lunar lander, carrying NASA-sponsored experiments and commercial payloads to Mare Crisium.[118] [119]
Hakuto-R Mission 2	Hakuto-R	January 2025[120]	Falcon 9 B5	ispace	Lander
	Tenacious rover			Ispace Europe	Rover
	Rover for collecting lunar resources and other commercial payloads.
IM-2	Nova-C	January 2025[121]	Falcon 9 B5	Intuitive Machines	Lander
	Khon1				Relay Satellite
	μNova				Hopper
	MAPP			Lunar Outpost Nokia	Rover
	AstroAnt[122]			MIT	Rover
	Yaoki[123]			Dymon	Rover
	Second Nova-C. Payloads delivery for NASA's CLPS and for private customers.[124] MAPP and μNova will test a new Nokia lunar communication system.
SHERPA-ES mission[125]	SHERPA-ES	January 2025	Falcon 9 B5	Spaceflight Industries	Gravity Assist
	Lunar Trailblazer			NASA	Orbiter
	Lunar flyby towards geostationary orbit, payload delivery.
IM-3	Nova-C	October 2025[126] [127]	Falcon 9 B5	Intuitive Machines	Lander
	Khon2				Relay Satellite
	CADRE x3			NASA	Rovers
	Lunar Vertex			NASA Lunar Outpost	Rover
	Third Nova-C. Payloads delivery for NASA's CLPS and for private customers. Lunar Vertex mission.
Starship Demo mission	Starship HLS	2025[128]	Starship	SpaceX	Lander
	Uncrewed demo mission of Starship HLS.
DESTINY+	DESTINY+	2025[129]	Epsilon S	JAXA	Flyby
	Lunar flyby toward asteroid 3200 Phaethon.
Griffin Mission 1[130]	Griffin lander	2025[131]	Falcon Heavy	Astrobotic Technology	Lander
Artemis III Starship HLS delivery	Starship HLS	2026	Starship	SpaceX	Lander
	Delivery of Starship HLS for Artemis III mission.
TBD (CLPS Lander)[132]	Moon to Mars Initiative: Trailblazer (Roo-ver)[133]	2026	TBD	Australian Space Agency	Rover
APEX 1.0	APEX 1.0	2026[134]	TBD	ispace U.S. Draper	Lander
	Lunar Relay Satellite 1[135]			ispace U.S. Blue Canyon Technologies	Relay Satellite
	Lunar Relay Satellite 2				Relay Satellite
	Lunar lander. ispace Mission 3, and mission CP-12 of the CLPS program.
Blue Ghost M2[136]	Blue Ghost lander	2026	TBD	Firefly Aerospace	Lander
	Elytra orbital vehicle				Orbiter
	Second mission of Firefly Aerospace, part of CLPS, includes 2 stage variant of blue ghost.
Lunar Pathfinder	Lunar Pathfinder	2026	TBD	ESA	Relay Satellite
	Lunar communications satellite to support future lunar missions.
Chang'e 7	Chang'e 7 Orbiter	2026[137]	Long March 5	CNSA	Orbiter
	Chang'e 7 Lander				Lander
	Chang'e 7 Rover				Rover
	Chang'e 7 Hopper				Hopper
	Payloads include an orbiter, south pole lander, rover, and a mini flying probe to look for the presence of water-ice.
Starship cargo mission	Starship HLS	2026	Starship	SpaceX	Lander
	First SpaceX lunar cargo mission, yet to be announced by SpaceX itself.
FLEX[138]	FLEX	2026	Starship	Astrolab	Rover
	Large Lunar rover, can accommodate cargo and 2 astronauts.
Astrobotic mission 3[139]	TBA	2026	Falcon Heavy	Astrobotic	Lander
	⚀ LunaGrid-Lite CubeRover				Rover
	Lunaris Platform[140]				Deployable platform
	Third lunar mission by Astrobotic, will land at lunar south pole. LunaGrid-Lite mission.
Canadian lunar rover mission	Canadensys Lunar Rover	2026	TBD	Canadensys CSA	Rover
	First Canadian lunar rover. Will fly as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.[141]
ZeusX	ZeusX service module	Q4 2027	TBD	Qosmosys	Orbiter
	ZeusX lunar lander				Lander
	LIBER				Rover
	First lunar landing attempt for Singapore, lander can carry up to 800 kg to lunar surface.
Luna 26	Luna 26	2027[142]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat	Roscosmos	Orbiter
	Orbiter, part of the Luna-Glob programme.[143] Will scout for Luna 27 landing site.
PPE and HALO[144]	PPE	2027[145]	Falcon Heavy	NASA Northrop Grumman	Space station assembly
	HALO
	First two Lunar Gateway modules.
Chandrayaan-4	Chandrayaan-4	2027–2028[146]	LVM3	ISRO	Lander
Luna 27	Luna 27	2028	Angara A5 / Fregat	Roscosmos	Lander
	Lander, part of Luna-Glob programme.
Chang'e 8	Chang'e 8 Orbiter	2028[147]		CNSA	Orbiter
	Chang'e 8 Lander				Lander
	Chang'e 8 Rover				Rover
	Chang'e 8 Robot				Hopper
	South pole lander.[148] Testing technology for using local resources and manufacturing with 3D printing.[149]
SpaceX GLS-1[150]	Dragon XL	2028	Falcon Heavy	SpaceX	Resupply vehicle
	First resupply mission to Lunar Gateway.
Uncrewed Blue Moon Demo mission	Blue Moon HLS	2028	New Glenn	Blue Origin	Lander
	Cislunar Transporter	2028	New Glenn	Lockheed Martin	Transfer vehicle
	Demo mission of Blue Moon lander system in preparation for crewed landing in 2029.
Artemis IV Starship HLS delivery	Starship HLS	2028	Starship	SpaceX	Lander
	Delivery of Starship HLS for Artemis IV mission.
	LUPEX lander	2028–2029	H3	ISRO	Lander
	LUPEX rover			JAXA	Rover
Artemis V Blue Moon HLS delivery	Blue Moon HLS	2029	New Glenn	Blue Origin	Lander
	Cislunar Transporter	2029	New Glenn	Lockheed Martin	Transfer vehicle
	Delivery of Blue Moon HLS for Artemis V mission.
Argonaut M1	Argonaut Lander	2031[151]	Ariane 64	ESA	Lander
	Robotic Lander system. Will act as resupply vehicle for future Moonbase.[152]
Lunar Voyage 3[153] [154]	Mapp	TBA	TBA	Lunar Outpost	Rover
	First fully commercial mission of Lunar Outpost MAPP program.

Crewed

Agency or company	Name	Spacecraft	Launch date	Launch vehicle	Notes
NASA CSA	Artemis II	Orion	September 2025	SLS Block 1	Crewed test of the Orion spacecraft on a free-return trajectory around the Moon.
NASA	Artemis III	Orion, Starship HLS	September 2026	SLS Block 1	Deliver the "first woman and next man" to the Moon.
NASA	Artemis IV	Orion, Starship HLS	September 2028	SLS Block 1B	First flight of Block 1B configuration. Deliver Lunar I-Hab and conduct second Artemis crewed lunar landing.
NASA	Artemis V	Orion, Blue Moon HLS	March 2030[155]	SLS Block 1B	Crewed Gateway and Surface expedition. Delivery of ESPRIT and Lunar Terrain Vehicle.
CNSA	Chinese crewed lunar mission	Mengzhou, Lanyue	~2030[156]	Long March 10	Two launches of the LM-10 to put a pair of astronauts on the Moon for a 6-hour stay.
NASA	Artemis VI	Orion, TBD	March 2031[157]	SLS Block 1B	Lunar landing with delivery of Crew and Science Airlock module.
ISRO	Indian Lunar Crewed Mission	Gaganyaan	2040[158]	NGLV	To send an Indian to moon

Proposed but full funding still unclear

Robotic

The following robotic space probe missions have been proposed but their full funding is unclear:

Agency or company	Mission	Name of spacecraft	Proposed launch	Notes
GEC	⚀ Doge-1[159]		TBA	12U CubeSat, the mission is being paid for entirely with the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. First Canadian lunar mission.
SpaceIL	Beresheet 2[160]	Orbiter	2025	One orbiter, Two landers.
		Lander 1
		Lander 2
Airvantis	Garatéa-L		2025[161]	Proposed lunar CubeSat, Partnership between UKSA and ESA.
OHB IAI	LSAS lander		2025	proposed commercial lander, will rideshare with a Geostationary satellite.
Parsec	Parsec lunar satellites		2025	Parsec lunar communication constellation.[162]
Turkish Space Agency	AYAP-1		2026	Turkey will perform a hard landing on the Moon.
ESA	Lunar Meteoroid Impact Observer		2026	Proposed CubeSat to observe asteroid impacts on Far side of Moon.
Australian Space Agency	Lunar Trailblazer		2026	Under study for possible rover mission
Delft University of Technology	Lunar zebro		2026	Small swarming rover, radiation measurements
Turkish Space Agency	AYAP-2	Lander	2028	Soft landing mission
		Rover
Roscosmos	Luna 28		2030[163]	Proposed Sample-return mission, part of Luna-Glob program, may include small rover.
Roscosmos	Luna 29	Luna 29 Lander	2030s	Proposed Sample-return mission, part of Luna-Glob program, Will include Luna-Grunt rover.
		Luna-Grunt rover
KARI	Phase 2 of the Korean lunar exploration program		2030[164]	Lander and rover
Roscosmos	Zeus		2030	Nuclear Propelled Space Tug, might deliver payloads to the moon
CNSA Roscosmos	International Lunar Research Station (ILRS 1-5)		2031 - 2035	5 crucial missions planned for comprehensive establishment of ILRS to complete the in-orbit and surface facilities
NASA	BOLAS		TBD	2 tethered CubeSats on a very low lunar orbit.[165]
Magellan Aerospace	Autonomous Impactor for Lunar Exploration		TBD	Impactor for LEAP
NASA	Lunar Crater Radio Telescope		TBD	Radio telescope made by 4 rovers
LiftPort Group	Lunar space elevator		TBD	Creating a reusable, replaceable and expandable Lunar elevator to open up the resources present on the Moon
ESC Aerospace	LVICE²		TBD	Measuring the concentration of micrometeorites[166]

Unrealized concepts

1960s

• Soviet crewed lunar programs – The Soviet Union had been pursuing a crewed lunar flyby mission using Soyuz 7K-L1 launched aboard Proton-K and a crewed landing mission using Soyuz 7K-LOK and LK Lander launched aboard N1 rocket. After a series of N1 failures, both of these programs were cancelled in 1970 and 1976 respectively.^[167]

1970s

• Canceled Apollo missions – The Apollo program had three more missions lined up until Apollo 20, but the missions beyond Apollo 17, the sixth and final landing mission, were canceled due to budget constraints, change in technical direction and hardware delays. The ambitions shifted towards developing next generation rockets like Space Shuttle, the space station Skylab and in exploration programs such as Grand Tour program.^[168]

2000s

• Constellation Program – The Constellation program ran from 2004–2010 and would have utilised the Ares I and Ares V rockets alongside the Orion spacecraft and Altair lunar lander to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020 in preparation for crewed missions to Mars. It was cancelled in October 2010 by the Augustine Committee. However, the Orion was spared and finally launched in November 2022 with Constellation and its rockets revised as the Artemis Program and Space Launch System.^[169]

2010s

• Resource Prospector – Concept by NASA of a rover that would have performed a survey expedition on a polar region of the Moon. It was canceled in April 2018.^[170]
• Indo-Russian joint mission – A joint mission between India and Russia for a robotic lander and rover was under development since 2007. Russia was supposed to develop the lander while India would develop an orbiter, a rover and launch the composite. However, with failure of Fobos-Grunt mission, Russia was unable to provide the lander in time and requested India to accept the delay and risk. The collaboration ended with India repurposing its orbiter towards Mars with its Mars Orbiter Mission in 2013.^[171]

2020s

• DearMoon was an unrealized tourist mission financed by Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa. Maezawa and six to eight other civilians would have performed a lunar flyby in a SpaceX Starship. It was cancelled on June 1, 2024^[172]
• VIPER – NASA rover that would have performed a survey expedition on a polar region of the Moon. It was canceled in July 2024.^[173]

See also

• Exploration of the Moon
• List of extraterrestrial orbiters
• List of rovers on extraterrestrial bodies
• List of artificial objects on the Moon
• List of lunar probes
• Moon landing
• Timeline of Solar System exploration
  • List of missions to Venus
  • List of missions to Mars
  • List of missions to minor planets
  • List of missions to the outer planets

External links

• Interactive map of many of the successful Moon landings to date
• NASA's timeline of missions to the moon (includes missions from all countries)

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Chandrayaan-2 landing: 40% lunar missions in last 60 years failed, finds Nasa report. 7 September 2019 . 28 June 2022. 8 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190908171320/https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/chandrayaan-2-landing-40-lunar-missions-in-last-60-years-failed-finds-nasa-report-1596620-2019-09-07. live.
3. Book: Siddiqi, Asif A. . Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 . 2002 . NASA History Office . Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 . 17–19 . 1958 . https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1958.pdf . 12 July 2017 . 12 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130212111638/http://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1958.pdf . live .
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5. Encyclopedia: Luna E-1 . Encyclopedia Astronautica . 3 December 2013 . Wade . Mark . https://web.archive.org/web/20101222181555/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/lunae1.htm . 22 December 2010 . dead . dmy-all.
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27. Web site: Ranger 7 . 3 December 2013 . US National Space Science Data Center . 20 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190720191314/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-041A . live .
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31. Web site: Ranger 9 . 4 December 2013 . US National Space Science Data Center . 17 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417135915/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-023A . live .
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36. Web site: Luna 8 . 4 December 2013 . US National Space Science Data Center . 17 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417114928/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-099A . live .
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