Moon Mission History |
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All manned and unmanned missions to Earth's satellite, between 1958 and the present, by the USA, USSR, Russian Federation, India, Japan, China, and the European Union. Last updated: July 2019. Total attempts: 120 Successful: 68 | ||||
Missions noted as "Failed" indicate that the INTENT of the mission was not fulfilled. While it can be said that some US and Russian crafts returned valuable data or photographs before crash or communication loss, this list is based strictly on ORIGINAL MISSION OBJECTIVE. | ||||
The United States of America : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | ||||
01. | 1958 | Pioneer | Failure | Lunar Orbiter |
02. | 1958 | Pioneer 1 | Failure | Lunar Orbiter |
03. | 1958 | Pioneer 2 | Failure | Lunar Orbiter |
04. | 1958 | Pioneer 3 | Failure | Lunar Flyby |
05. | 1959 | Pioneer 4 | SUCCESS | Lunar Flyby |
06. | 1959 | Pioneer P-1 | Failure | Lunar Orbiter |
07. | 1959 | Pioneer P-3 | Failure | Lunar Flyby |
08. | 1960 | Pioneer P-30 | Failure | Lunar Orbiter |
09. | 1960 | Pioneer P-31 | Failure | Lunar Orbiter |
10. | 1962 | Ranger 3* | Failure | Lunar Lander *(R1/R2 - Failed orbital feasibility) |
11. | 1962 | Ranger 4 | Failure | Lunar Lander |
12. | 1962 | Ranger 5 | Failure | Lunar Lander |
13. | 1964 | Ranger 6 | Failure | Lunar Impactor |
14. | 1964 | Ranger 7 | SUCCESS | Lunar Impactor |
15. | 1965 | Ranger 8 | SUCCESS | Lunar Impactor |
16. | 1965 | Ranger 9 | SUCCESS | Lunar Impactor + Live Broadcast |
17. | 1966 | Surveyor 1 | SUCCESS | Lunar Lander |
18. | 1966 | Orbiter 1 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
19. | 1966 | Surveyor 2 | Failure | Lunar Lander |
20. | 1966 | Orbiter 2 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
21. | 1967 | Orbiter 3 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
22. | 1967 | Surveyor 3 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
23. | 1967 | Orbiter 4 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
24. | 1967 | Surveyor 4 | Failure | Lunar Lander |
25. | 1967 | Explorer 35 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
26. | 1967 | Orbiter 5 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
27. | 1967 | Surveyor 5 | SUCCESS | Lunar Lander |
28. | 1967 | Surveyor 6 | SUCCESS | Lunar Lander |
29. | 1968 | Surveyor 7 | SUCCESS | Lunar Lander |
30. | 1968 | Apollo 8 | SUCCESS | First Manned Lunar Orbit |
31. | 1969 | Apollo 10 | SUCCESS | Manned Lunar Orbiter |
32. | 1969 | Apollo 11 | SUCCESS | First Manned Lunar Landing |
33. | 1969 | Apollo 12 | SUCCESS | Manned Lunar Landing |
34. | 1970 | Apollo 13 | Failure | Manned Lunar Landing |
35. | 1971 | Apollo 14 | SUCCESS | Manned Lunar Landing |
36. | 1971 | Apollo 15 | SUCCESS | Manned Lunar Landing + First Manned Rover |
37. | 1971 | Apollo 15 Sub-Satellite PFS-1 | SUCCESS | Lunar "Frozen Orbit" |
38. | 1972 | Apollo 16 | SUCCESS | Manned Lunar Landing + Manned Rover |
39. | 1972 | Apollo 16 Sub-Satellite PFS-2 | SUCCESS | Unstable Lunar Orbit |
40. | 1972 | Apollo 17 | SUCCESS | Manned Lunar Landing + Manned Rover |
41. | 1973 | Explorer 49 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter for Radio Astronomy |
42. | 1994 | Clementine | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter + Mapper |
43. | 1998 | Prospector | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter + Mapper |
44. | 2009 | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter | STILL IN FLIGHT | LRO Currently conducting 3D Mapping |
45. | 2009 | LCROSS | SUCCESS | Lunar Crater Observation + Sensing Satellite |
46. | 2010 | Artemis : THEMIS-B & C | SUCCESS | Orbiter Flybys |
47. | 2011 | Gravity Recovery & Interior Lab | SUCCESS | GRAIL-A ("Ebb") and GRAIL-B ("Flow") |
48. | 2013 | LADEE | SUCCESS | Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer |
49. | 2013 | TESS | SUCCESS | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Gravity Assist) |
50. | 2019 | Moon Express / Lunar Scout | Scheduled | International Lunar Laboratory |
51. | 2020 | Artemis-1 | Scheduled | Uncrewed Orion Lunar Flyby |
52. | 2022 | Artemis-2 | Scheduled | Free-return trajectory around Moon |
53. | 2023 | Unnamed Lunar Rover | Scheduled | Robotic Landing |
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : Soviet Space Program | ||||
01. | 1958 | Luna 1958A | Failure | Lunar Impactor |
02. | 1958 | Luna 1958B | Failure | Lunar Impactor |
03. | 1959 | Luna 1958C | Failure | Lunar Impactor |
04. | 1959 | Luna 1 ("Mechta") | Failure | Lunar Impactor |
05. | 1959 | Luna 1959A | Failure | Lunar Impactor |
06. | 1959 | Luna 2 | SUCCESS | First to impact another celestial body |
07. | 1959 | Luna 3 | SUCCESS | Lunar Flyby + FIRST Photographs |
08. | 1960 | Luna 1960A | Failure | Lunar Flyby |
09. | 1960 | Luna 1960B | Failure | Lunar Flyby |
10. | 1963 | Sputnik 25 | Failure | Lunar Lander |
11. | 1963 | Luna 1963B | Failure | Lunar Lander |
12. | 1963 | Luna 4 | Failure | Lunar Orbiter |
13. | 1964 | Luna 1964A | Failure | Lunar Lander |
14. | 1964 | Luna 1964B | Failure | Lunar Lander |
15. | 1965 | Kosmos 60 | Failure | Lunar Lander |
16. | 1965 | Luna 1965A | Failure | Lunar Lander |
17. | 1965 | Luna 5 | Failure | Lunar Lander |
18. | 1965 | Luna 6 | Failure | Lunar Lander |
19. | 1965 | Zond 3 | SUCCESS | Lunar Flyby |
20. | 1965 | Luna 7 | Failure | Lunar Lander |
21. | 1965 | Luna 8 | Failure | Lunar Lander |
22. | 1966 | Luna 9 | SUCCESS | First Lander on the Moon |
23. | 1966 | Kosmos 111 | Failure | Lunar Flyby |
24. | 1966 | Luna 10 | SUCCESS | First to orbit the moon |
25. | 1966 | Luna 11 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
26. | 1966 | Luna 12 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
27. | 1966 | Luna 13 | SUCCESS | Lunar Lander |
28. | 1967 | Zond 1967A | Failure | Lunar Flyby + Return |
29. | 1967 | Zond 1967B | Failure | Lunar Flyby + Return |
30. | 1968 | Luna 1968A | Failure | Lunar Orbiter |
31. | 1968 | Luna 14 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
32. | 1968 | Zond 5 | SUCCESS | Lunar Flyby and first return to Ocean |
33. | 1968 | Zond 6 | SUCCESS | Lunar Flyby and first return to Earth |
34. | 1969 | Zond 1969A | Failure | Lunar Flyby + Return |
35. | 1969 | Luna 1969A | Failure | Lunar Rover |
36. | 1969 | Zond L1S-1 | Failure | Lunar Orbiter |
37. | 1969 | Luna 1969B | Failure | Lunar Sampler |
38. | 1969 | Luna1969C | Failure | Lunar Sampler |
39. | 1969 | Luna 15 | Failure | Lunar Sampler |
40. | 1969 | Zond 7 | SUCCESS | Lunar Flyby + Return |
41. | 1969 | Kosmos 300 | Failure | Lunar Sampler |
42. | 1969 | Kosmos 305 | Failure | Lunar Sampler |
43. | 1970 | Luna 1970A | Failure | Lunar Lander |
44. | 1970 | Luna 16 | SUCCESS | First robotic landing + Return |
45. | 1970 | Zond 8 | SUCCESS | Lunar Flyby + Return |
46. | 1970 | Luna 17 | SUCCESS | Lunar Rover |
47. | 1971 | Luna 18 | Failure | Lunar Lander |
48. | 1971 | Luna 19 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
49. | 1972 | Luna 20 | SUCCESS | Robotic Sampler + Return |
50. | 1972 | Soyuz L3 | Failure | Lunar Orbiter + Test Vehicle |
51. | 1973 | Luna 21 | SUCCESS | Lunar Rover |
52. | 1974 | Luna 22 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
53. | 1974 | Luna 23 | Failure | Lunar Sampler + Return |
54. | 1975 | Luna 1975A | Failure | Lunar Sampler + Return |
55. | 1976 | Luna 24 | SUCCESS | Lunar Sampler + Return |
The Russian Federation : Russian Space Agency (RSA) / Roskosmos | ||||
01. | 2021 | Luna Glob ("Sphere") / Luna 25 | Scheduled | Lunar Lander |
02. | 2022 | Luna Glob ("Sphere") / Luna 26 | Scheduled | Orbiter |
03. | 2023 | Luna Glob ("Sphere") / Luna 26 | Scheduled | Lunar Lander |
The European Union : European Space Agency (E | ||||
01. | 2003 | SMART-1 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter (Ion Solar-Electric Engine) |
Japan : Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) | ||||
01. | 1990 | Hiten / Muses A | SUCCESS | Lunar Trajectory Test Orbiter |
02. | 1990 | Hagoromo | Failure | Lunar Orbiter released by Hiten |
03. | 2007 | Kaguya / Selene | SUCCESS | Orbiter + First HDTV Camera |
04. | 2007 | Okina | SUCCESS | Relay Satellite released by Selene |
05. | 2007 | Ouna | SUCCESS | VLBI Satellite released by Selene |
06. | 2021 | SLIM | Scheduled | Developing pinpoint landing + rover |
07. | 2022 | Destiny | Scheduled | Lunar flyby toward asteroid |
The People's Republic of China : China National Space Administration (CNSA) | ||||
01. | 2007 | Chang'e 1 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
02. | 2010 | Chang'e 2 | SUCCESS | Orbiter + Impactor |
03. | 2013 | Chang'e 3 | SUCCESS | Lander + Deployed Yutu Rover |
04. | 2014 | Chang'e 5 T1 | SUCCESS | Flyby / Capsule Demo - Also deployed M4 probe |
05. | 2018 | Queqiao | SUCCESS | Gravity Assist / L2 Orbit |
06. | 2018 | Longjiang-1 | Failure | Lunar Orbiter |
07. | 2018 | Longjiang-2 | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter |
08. | 2018 | Chang'e 4 | SUCCESS [partial] | Lander + Deployed Yutu-2 Rover |
09. | 2019 | Chang'e 5 | Scheduled | Sample Return Mission from Lunar Crater |
07. | 2020 | Chang'e 6 | Scheduled | Sample Return Mission from Lunar Pole |
The Republic of India : Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) | ||||
01. | 2008 | Chandrayaan-1 + Impact Probe | SUCCESS | Lunar Orbiter MIP / Late failure of instrumentation |
02. | 2019 | Chandrayaan-2 | Proposed | Orbiter + Lander + Rover |
SPACE IL : Tel Aviv University, Israel + Israeli Space Organisation (ISO) | ||||
01. | 2019 | Beresheet | Failure | Lunar Orbiter + Lander |