List of missions to the Moon#Future missions

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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,{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/why-failure-is-the-fuel-for-a-trip-to-moon/articleshow/71077117.cms|title=Why failure is the fuel for a trip to Moon|website=The Times of India|date=11 September 2019 |access-date=11 September 2019|archive-date=19 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219143137/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/why-failure-is-the-fuel-for-a-trip-to-moon/articleshow/71077117.cms|url-status=live}} 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,{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/chandrayaan-2-landing-40-lunar-missions-in-last-60-years-failed-finds-nasa-report-1596620-2019-09-07|title=Chandrayaan-2 landing: 40% lunar missions in last 60 years failed, finds Nasa report|date=7 September 2019 |access-date=28 June 2022|archive-date=8 September 2019|archive-url=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|url-status=live}} 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 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, and Pakistan.

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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.

{{Wide image|Apollo Mission Flight Plan - 1967.jpg|1200|The first successful crewed lunar mission flight plan (Apollo Mission Flight Plan, 1967)}}

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colspan="2"|Mission

!Launch date

!Operator

!Carrier rocket

!Spacecraft

!Mission type

!Outcome

id="1950"

| rowspan="2" | 1

| rowspan="2" |Pioneer 0

(Able I){{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=17–19 |chapter=1958 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1958.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=12 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212111638/http://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1958.pdf |url-status=live }}

|{{dts|17 August 1958}}

|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} USAF

|Thor DM-18 Able I

|Pioneer 0

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |First attempted launch beyond Earth orbit; failed to orbit due to turbopump gearbox malfunction resulting in first-stage explosion. Reached apogee of {{convert|16|km|0}}.{{cite web |title=Pioneer 0 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=ABLE1 |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219045826/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=ABLE1 |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 2

| rowspan="2" |Luna E-1 No.1

|{{dts|23 September 1958}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Luna

|Luna E-1 No.1

|Impactor

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; rocket disintegrated due to excessive vibration.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Luna E-1 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica |url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/lunae1.htm |access-date=3 December 2013 |last=Wade |first=Mark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222181555/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/lunae1.htm |archive-date=22 December 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}
rowspan="2" | 3

| rowspan="2" |Pioneer 1

(Able II)

|{{dts|11 October 1958}}

|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} NASA

|Thor DM-18 Able I

|Pioneer 1

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; premature second-stage cutoff due to accelerometer failure. Later known as Pioneer 1. Reached apogee of {{convert|113800|km}}.{{cite web |title=Pioneer 1 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1958-007A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405233448/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1958-007A |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 4

| rowspan="2" |Luna E-1 No.2

|{{dts|11 October 1958}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Luna

|Luna E-1 No.2

|Impactor

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; carrier rocket exploded due to excessive vibration.
rowspan="2" | 5

| rowspan="2" |Pioneer 2

(Able III)

|{{dts|8 November 1958}}

|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} NASA

|Thor DM-18 Able I

|Pioneer 2

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |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 {{convert|1550|km}}.{{cite web |title=Pioneer 2 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PION2 |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209175033/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PION2 |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 6

| rowspan="2" |Luna E-1 No.3

|{{dts|4 December 1958}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Luna

|Luna E-1 No.3

|Impactor

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; seal failure in hydrogen peroxide pump cooling system resulted in core-stage underperformance.
rowspan="2" | 7

| rowspan="2" |Pioneer 3

|{{dts|6 December 1958}}

|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} NASA

|Juno II

|Pioneer 3

|Flyby

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; premature first-stage cutoff. Reached apogee of {{convert|102360|km}}.{{cite web |title=Pioneer 3 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1958-008A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=19 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419205707/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1958-008A |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 8

| rowspan="2" |Luna 1

(E-1 No.4)

|{{dts|2 January 1959}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Luna

|Luna 1

|Impactor

| {{partial|Partial failure}}

colspan="6" |Carrier rocket guidance problem resulted in failure to impact Moon, flew past in a heliocentric orbit.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=21–24 |chapter=1959 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1959.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922033420/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1959.pdf |url-status=live }} Closest approach {{convert|5995|km}} on 4 January.{{cite web |title=Luna 1 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-012A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=2 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602031816/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-012A |url-status=live }} First spacecraft to fly by the Moon.
rowspan="2" | 9

| rowspan="2" |Pioneer 4

|{{dts|3 March 1959}}

|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} NASA

|Juno II

|Pioneer 4

|Flyby

| {{partial|Partial failure}}

colspan="6" |Second-stage overperformance resulted in flyby at greater altitude than expected, out of instrument range, with {{convert|58983|km}} of distance. Closest approach at 22:25 UTC on 4 March. First U.S. spacecraft to leave Earth orbit.{{cite web |title=Pioneer 4 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-013A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=23 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223035908/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-013A |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 10

| rowspan="2" |E-1A No.1

|{{dts|18 June 1959}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Luna

|E-1A No.1

|Impactor

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; guidance system malfunction.
rowspan="2" | 11

| rowspan="2" |Luna 2

(E-1A No.2)

|{{dts|12 September 1959}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Luna

|Luna 2

|Impactor

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" | Successful impact at 21:02 on 14 September 1959. First spacecraft to impact the lunar surface.{{cite web |title=Luna 2 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-014A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=25 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825003339/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-014A |url-status=live }} This made the Soviet Union the 1st country to impact the surface of the Moon.
rowspan="2" | 12

| rowspan="2" |Luna 3

(E-2A No.1)

|{{dts|4 October 1959}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Luna

|Luna 3

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Returned the first images of the far side of the Moon.{{cite web |title=Luna 3 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-008A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604001110/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-008A |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 13

| rowspan="2" |Pioneer P-3

Able IVB

|{{dts|26 November 1959}}

|{{flagicon|USA|1959}} NASA

|Atlas-D Able

|Pioneer P-3

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit;{{cite web |title=Pioneer P-3 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PIONX |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=19 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619223413/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PIONX |url-status=live }} payload fairing disintegrated due to design fault.
id="1960"

| rowspan="2" | 14

| rowspan="2" |Luna E-3 No.1

|{{dts|15 April 1960}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Luna

|Luna E-3 No.1

|Flyby

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; premature third-stage cutoff.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=25–27 |chapter=1960 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1960.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027154020/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1960.pdf |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 15

| rowspan="2" |Luna E-3 No.2

|{{dts|16 April 1960}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Luna

|Luna E-3 No.2

|Flyby

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; rocket disintegrated ten seconds after launch.
rowspan="2" | 16

| rowspan="2" |Pioneer P-30

(Able VA)

|{{dts|25 September 1960}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas-D Able

|Pioneer P-30

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; second-stage oxidizer system malfunction resulting in premature cutoff.{{cite web |title=Pioneer P-30 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PIONY |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626193709/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PIONY |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 17

| rowspan="2" |Pioneer P-31

(Able VB)

|{{dts|15 December 1960}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas-D Able

|Pioneer P-31

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit, exploded 68 seconds after launch, at an altitude of {{convert|12.2|km}}. Second stage ignited while first stage was still attached and burning.{{cite web |title=Pioneer P-31 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PIONZ |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=29 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629021756/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PIONZ |url-status=live }}
rowspan="3" | 18

| rowspan="3" |Ranger 3

(P-34)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|26 January 1962}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="2" |Atlas LV-3 Agena-B

|Ranger 3

|Impactor

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

Ranger 3 lander

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Partial launch failure due to guidance problem; attempt to correct using spacecraft's engine resulted in it missing the Moon by {{convert|36793|km}}.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=34–37 |chapter=1962 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1962.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308134852/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1962.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Ranger 3 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1962-001A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=8 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108223625/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1962-001A |url-status=live }}
rowspan="3" | 19

| rowspan="3" |Ranger 4

(P-35)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|23 April 1962}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Ranger 4

| rowspan="2" |Atlas LV-3 Agena-B

|Impactor

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

Ranger 4 lander

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite web |title=Ranger 4 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1962-012A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=29 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629120238/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1962-012A |url-status=live }}

The impact made the United States the 2nd country to impact the surface of the Moon.

rowspan="3" | 20

| rowspan="3" |Ranger 5

(P-36)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|18 October 1962}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="2" |Atlas LV-3 Agena-B

|Ranger 5

|Impactor

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

Ranger 5 lander

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Solar panels erroneously disengaged from power system, failed {{frac|8|3|4}} hours after launch when batteries were depleted. Missed the Moon as course correction was not completed.{{cite web |title=Ranger 5 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1962-055A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=12 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412185622/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1962-055A |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 21

| rowspan="2" |Luna E-6 No.2

|{{dts|4 January 1963}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Molniya-L

|Luna E-6 No.2

|Lander

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to depart Low Earth orbit;{{cite web |title=Sputnik 25 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1963-001A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707011855/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1963-001A |url-status=live }} guidance system power failure prevented upper-stage ignition.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=39–40 |chapter=1963 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1963.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308150703/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1963.pdf |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 22

| rowspan="2" |Luna E-6 No.3

|{{dts|3 February 1963}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Molniya-L

|Luna E-6 No.3

|Lander

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; guidance failure.
rowspan="2" | 23

| rowspan="2" |Luna 4

(E-6 No.4)

|{{dts|2 April 1963}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Molniya-L

|Luna 4

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to perform mid-course correction, remained in high Earth orbit until given escape velocity by orbital perturbation.{{cite web |title=Luna 4 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1963-008B |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=10 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210023810/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1963-008B |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 24

| rowspan="2" |Ranger 6

(P-54)

|{{dts|30 January 1964}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas LV-3 Agena-B

|Ranger 6

|Impactor

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Impacted on 2 February 1964, failed to return images due to power system failure.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=41–45 |chapter=1964 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1964.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308131654/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1964.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Luna 4 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-007A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417124414/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-007A |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 25

| rowspan="2" |Luna E-6 No.6

|{{dts|21 March 1964}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Molniya-M

|Luna E-6 No.6

|Lander

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; third stage underperformed due to oxidiser valve failure.
rowspan="2" | 26

| rowspan="2" |Luna E-6 No.5

|{{dts|20 April 1964}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|Molniya-M

|Luna E-6 No.5

|Lander

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; power failure caused by broken connection resulted in premature third-stage cutoff.
rowspan="2" | 27

| rowspan="2" |Ranger 7

|{{dts|28 July 1964}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas LV-3 Agena-B

|Ranger 7

|Impactor

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Impacted on 30 July 1964 at 13:25:48 UTC.{{cite web |title=Ranger 7 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-041A |access-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=20 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720191314/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-041A |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 28

| rowspan="2" |Ranger 8

|{{dts|17 February 1965}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas LV-3 Agena-B

|Ranger 8

|Impactor

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Impacted on 20 February 1965 at 09:57:37 UTC.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=47–52 |chapter=1965 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1965.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308154842/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1965.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Ranger 8 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-010A |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=15 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915132854/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-010A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Kosmos 60

(E-6 No.9)

|{{dts|12 March 1965}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-L

|Kosmos 60

|Lander

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Upper stage failed to restart due to guidance system short circuit, Failed to depart low Earth orbit.{{cite web |title=Cosmos 60 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-018A |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=6 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706234422/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-018A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Ranger 9

|{{dts|21 March 1965}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas LV-3 Agena-B

|Ranger 9

|Impactor

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Impacted on 24 March 1965 at 14:08:20 UTC.{{cite web |title=Ranger 9 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-023A |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417135915/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-023A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Luna E-6 No.8

|{{dts|10 April 1965}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-L

|Luna E-6 No.8

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Third stage failed to ignite due to loss of oxidiser pressure, failed to orbit.
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| rowspan="2" |Luna 5

(E-6 No.10)

|{{dts|9 May 1965}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-M

|Luna 5

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Loss of control after gyroscope malfunction, failed to decelerate for landing and impacted the Moon at 19:10 UTC on 12 May 1965.{{cite web |title=Luna 5 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-036A |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417115719/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-036A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Luna 6

(E-6 No.7)

|{{dts|8 June 1965}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-M

|Luna 6

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Engine failed to shut down after performing mid-course correction manoeuvre, flew past the Moon in a heliocentric orbit.{{cite web |title=Luna 6 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-044A |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=10 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210023910/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-044A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Zond 3

(3MV-4 No.3)

|{{dts|18 July 1965}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya

|Zond 3

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Flew past the Moon on 20 July 1965 at a distance of {{convert|9200|km}}.{{cite web |title=Zond 3 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-056A |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319080557/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-056A |url-status=live }} Conducted technology demonstration for future planetary missions.
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| rowspan="2" |Luna 7

(E-6 No.11)

|{{dts|4 October 1965}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya

|Luna 7

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Attitude control failure shortly before landing prevented controlled descent; impacted the lunar surface 22:08:24 UTC on 7 October 1965.{{cite web |title=Luna 7 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-077A |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417154612/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-077A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Luna 8

(E-6 No.12)

|{{dts|3 December 1965}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya

|Luna 8

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Landing airbag punctured, resulting in loss of attitude control shortly before planned touchdown, impacted Moon on 6 December 1965 at 21:51:30 UTC.{{cite web |title=Luna 8 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-099A |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417114928/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-099A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Luna 9

(E-6 No.13)

|{{dts|31 January 1966}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-M

|Luna 9

|Lander

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |First spacecraft to land successfully on the Moon. Touchdown on 3 February 1966 at 18:45:30 UTC.{{cite web |title=Luna 9 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-006A |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417154714/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-006A |url-status=live }} Returned data until 6 February at 22:55 UTC.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=47–52 |chapter=1966 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1966.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=6 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606124122/http://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1966.pdf |url-status=live }} With its soft landing, the Soviet Union became the first country to successfully land on the lunar surface.
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| rowspan="2" |Kosmos 111

(E-6S No.204)

|{{dts|1 March 1966}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-M

|Kosmos 111

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Upper stage lost attitude control and failed to ignite; spacecraft never left low Earth orbit.{{cite web |title=Cosmos 111 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-017A |access-date=4 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423153359/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-017A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Luna 10

(E-6S No.206)

|{{dts|31 March 1966}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-M

|Luna 10

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Entered orbit at 18:44 UTC on 3 April 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit the Moon.{{cite web |title=Luna 10 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-027A |access-date=5 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=27 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727112359/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-027A |url-status=live }} Continued to return data until 30 May.
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| rowspan="2" |Surveyor 1

|{{dts|30 May 1966}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D

|Surveyor 1

|Lander

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Landed in Oceanus Procellarum on 2 June 1966 at 06:17:36 UTC. Returned data until loss of power on 13 July.{{cite web |title=Surveyor 1 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-045A |access-date=5 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=27 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927153246/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-045A |url-status=live }} With its soft landing, the United States became the second country to successfully land on the lunar surface.
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| rowspan="2" |Explorer 33

(AIMP-D)

|{{dts|1 July 1966}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Delta E1

|Explorer 33

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite web |title=Explorer 33 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-058A |access-date=5 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=14 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214081129/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-058A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Lunar Orbiter 1

|{{dts|10 August 1966}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D

|Lunar Orbiter 1

|Orbiter

| {{partial|Partial failure}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite web |title=Lunar Orbiter 1 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-073A |access-date=5 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=7 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807023134/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-073A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Luna 11

(E-6LF No.101)

|{{dts|21 August 1966}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-M

|Luna 11

|Orbiter

| {{partial|Partial failure}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite web |title=Luna 11 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-078A |access-date=6 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417114032/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-078A |url-status=live }}

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| rowspan="2" |Surveyor 2

|{{dts|20 September 1966}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D

|Surveyor 2

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite web |title=Surveyor 2 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-084A |access-date=6 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428103211/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-084A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Luna 12

(E-6LF No.102)

|{{dts|22 October 1966}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-M

|Luna 12

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Entered orbit on 25 October 1966 and returned data until 19 January 1967.{{cite web |title=Luna 12 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-084A |access-date=6 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428103211/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-084A |url-status=live }} Completed photography mission intended for Luna 11.
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| rowspan="2" |Lunar Orbiter 2

|{{dts|6 November 1966}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D

|Lunar Orbiter 2

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite web |title=Lunar Orbiter 2 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-100A |access-date=6 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417115006/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-100A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Luna 13

(E-6M No.205)

|{{dts|21 December 1966}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-M

|Luna 13

|Lander

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" | Successfully landed in Oceanus Procellarum at 18:01 UTC on 24 December 1966. Returned images from the surface and studied the lunar soil.{{cite web |title=Luna 13 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-116A |access-date=6 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122012645/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-116A |url-status=live }} Operated until depletion of power at 06:31 UTC on 28 December.
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| rowspan="2" |Lunar Orbiter 3

|{{dts|5 February 1967}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D

|Lunar Orbiter 3

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Entered orbit at 21:54 UTC on 8 February 1967. Deorbited at end of mission and impacted the Moon on 9 October 1967.{{cite web |title=Lunar Orbiter 3 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-008A |access-date=17 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417154335/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-008A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Surveyor 3

|{{dts|17 April 1967}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D

|Surveyor 3

|Lander

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Landed at 00:04 UTC on 20 April 1967 and operated until 3 May.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=47–52 |chapter=1967 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1967.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=11 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311164314/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1967.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Surveyor 3 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-035A |access-date=17 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904165614/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-035A |url-status=live }} Visited by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969, with some parts removed for return to Earth.{{cite web |title=Surveyor Lunar Spacecraft |url=http://www.boeing.com/boeing/history/boeing/surveyor.page |access-date=17 December 2013 |publisher=Boeing |archive-date=17 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217053444/http://www.boeing.com/boeing/history/boeing/surveyor.page |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Lunar Orbiter 4

|{{dts|4 May 1967}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D

|Lunar Orbiter 4

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite web |title=Lunar Orbiter 4 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-041A |access-date=26 May 2014 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417143629/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-041A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Surveyor 4

|{{dts|14 July 1967}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D

|Surveyor 4

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite web |title=Surveyor 4 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-068A |access-date=17 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428103155/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-068A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Explorer 35
(AIMP-E)

|{{dts|19 July 1967}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Delta E1

|Explorer 35
(AIMP-E)

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Magnetospheric probe, studying the Moon and interplanetary space. Deactivated on 27 June 1973.{{cite web |title=Explorer 35 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-070A |access-date=26 May 2014 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417121455/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-070A |url-status=live }} Presumed to have impacted the Moon during the 1970s.{{cite web|title=Explorer 35|date=December 2017 |url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/explorer-35/in-depth/|publisher=NASA|access-date=January 22, 2023|archive-date=30 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130191838/https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/explorer-35/in-depth/|url-status=live}}
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| rowspan="2" |Lunar Orbiter 5

|{{dts|1 August 1967}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D

|Lunar Orbiter 5

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite web |title=Lunar Orbiter 5 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-075A |access-date=26 May 2014 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417141357/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-075A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Surveyor 5

|{{dts|8 September 1967}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D

|Surveyor 5

|Lander

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Landed in Mare Tranquillitatis at 00:46:44 UTC on 11 September. Last signals received at 04:30 UTC on 17 December 1967.{{cite web |title=Surveyor 5 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-084A |access-date=26 May 2014 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428103223/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-084A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Soyuz 7K-L1 No.4L

|{{dts|27 September 1967}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Proton-K/D

|Soyuz 7K-L1 No.4L

|Flyby

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |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.
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| rowspan="2" |Surveyor 6

|{{dts|7 November 1967}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D

|Surveyor 6

|Lander

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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 {{convert|2.4|m}}. Last contact at 19:14 UTC on 14 December.{{cite web |title=Surveyor 6 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-112A |access-date=26 May 2014 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428103234/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-112A |url-status=live }}
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| rowspan="2" |Soyuz 7K-L1 No.5L

|{{dts|22 November 1967}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Proton-K/D

|Soyuz 7K-L1 No.5L

|Flyby

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Technology demonstration for planned crewed missions; unable to achieve orbit after second-stage engine failed to ignite.
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| rowspan="2" |Surveyor 7

|{{dts|7 January 1968}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|{{nowrap|Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D}}

|Surveyor 7

|Lander

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Final Surveyor mission.{{cite web |title=Surveyor 7 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-001A |access-date=26 May 2014 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428103251/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-001A |url-status=live }} Landed {{convert|29|km}} from Tycho crater at 01:05:36 UTC on 10 January. Operated until 21 February 1968.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=69–72 |chapter=1968 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1968.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027154747/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1968.pdf |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 59

| rowspan="2" |Luna E-6LS No.112

|{{dts|7 February 1968}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-M

|Luna E-6LS No.112

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit after third stage ran out of fuel.
rowspan="2" | 60

| rowspan="2" |Luna 14

(E-6LS No.113)

|{{dts|7 April 1968}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Molniya-M

|Luna 14

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Tested communications for proposed crewed missions and studied the mass concentration of the Moon. Entered orbit on 10 April at 19:25 UTC.{{cite web |title=Luna 14 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-027A |access-date=31 May 2014 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417135601/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-027A |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 61

| rowspan="2" |Soyuz 7K-L1 No.7L

|{{dts|22 April 1968}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Proton-K/D

|Soyuz 7K-L1 No.7L

|Flyby

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="2" | 62

| rowspan="2" |Zond 5

(7K-L1 No.9L)

|{{dts|14 September 1968}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Proton-K/D

|Zond 5

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Two tortoises and other life forms on board a technology demonstration for planned crewed missions. Made a closest approach of {{convert|1950|km}} 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.{{cite web |title=Zond 5 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-076A |publisher=NASA Space Science and Data Coordinated Archive|access-date=March 20, 2023}}
rowspan="2" | 63

| rowspan="2" |Zond 6

(7K-L1 No.12L)

|{{dts|10 November 1968}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Proton-K/D

|Zond 6

|Flyby

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |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 {{convert|2420|km}}.{{cite web |title=Zond 6 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-101A |access-date=31 May 2014 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404021615/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-101A |url-status=live }} Reentered Earth's atmosphere on 17 November; recovery was unsuccessful after parachutes were prematurely jettisoned.
rowspan="2" | 64

| rowspan="2" | Apollo 8

|{{dts|21 December 1968}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Saturn V

| Apollo 8

|Crewed orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite web |date=8 July 2009 |title=Apollo 8 |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo8.html |access-date=31 May 2014 |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration |archive-date=20 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520095443/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo8.html |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 65

| rowspan="2" |Soyuz 7K-L1 No.13L

|{{dts|20 January 1969}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Proton-K/D

|Soyuz 7K-L1 No.13L

|Flyby

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=73–80 |chapter=1969 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1969.pdf}}
rowspan="3" | 66

| rowspan="3" |Luna E-8 No.201

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|19 February 1969}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna E-8 No.201

|Lander

| {{no|Launch failure}}

Lunokhod

|Rover

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |First launch of the Lunokhod rover. Launch vehicle disintegrated 51 seconds after launch and exploded.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=73–80 |chapter=1969 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1969.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027150238/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1969.pdf |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 67

| rowspan="2" |Soyuz 7K-L1S No.3

|{{dts|21 February 1969}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|N1

|Soyuz 7K-L1S No.3

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |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 {{convert|50|km}} from launch site. Spacecraft landed some {{convert|35|km}} from the launch pad after successfully using its launch escape system.
rowspan="3" | 68

| rowspan="3" |Apollo 10

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|18 May 1969}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="2" |Saturn V

|Apollo 10

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Lunar Module Snoopy

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Dress rehearsal for Apollo 11. Lunar Module with two astronauts on board descended to a distance of {{convert|14.326|km}} above the lunar surface.{{cite web |title=APOLLO 10 (AS-505) |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/orbital-missions/apollo10.cfm |access-date=4 April 2019 |publisher=Smithsonian Air and Space Museum |archive-date=4 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704011501/https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/orbital-missions/apollo10.cfm |url-status=live }}
rowspan="3" | 69

| rowspan="3" |Luna E-8-5 No.402

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|14 June 1969}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna E-8-5 No.402

|Lander

| {{no|Launch failure}}

Luna E-8-5 No.402 return craft

|Sample Return

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Intended to land on the Moon and return lunar soil sample. Did not reach Earth orbit after fourth stage failed to ignite.
rowspan="2" | 70

| rowspan="2" |Soyuz 7K-L1S No.5

|{{dts|3 July 1969}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|N1

|Soyuz 7K-L1S No.5

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |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 {{convert|2|km}} from the launch site after using launch escape sequence.
rowspan="3" | 71

| rowspan="3" |Luna 15

(E-8-5 No.401)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|13 July 1969}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna 15

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

Luna 15 return craft

|Sample Return

| {{no|Precluded}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="3" | 72

| rowspan="3" |Apollo 11

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|16 July 1969}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="2" |Saturn V

|Apollo 11

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Lunar Module Eagle

|Lander/Launch Vehicle

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |First crewed landing on the Moon. The Lunar Module Eagle landed at 20:17 UTC on 20 July 1969.
rowspan="2" | 73

| rowspan="2" |Zond 7

(7K-L1 No.11L)

|{{dts|7 August 1969}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Proton-K/D

|Zond 7

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Technology demonstration for planned crewed missions. Carried four turtles in a lunar flyby on 10 August, with a closest approach of {{convert|1200|km}}; returned to Earth and landed in Kazakhstan at 18:13 UTC on 14 August.
rowspan="3" | 74

| rowspan="3" |Kosmos 300

(E-8-5 No.403)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|23 September 1969}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Kosmos 300

|Lander

| {{no|Launch failure}}

Kosmos 300 return craft

|Sample return

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="3" | 75

| rowspan="3" |Kosmos 305

(E-8-5 No.404)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|22 October 1969}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Kosmos 305

|Lander

| {{no|Launch failure}}

Kosmos 305 return craft

|Sample Return

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="3" | 76

| rowspan="3" |Apollo 12

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|14 November 1969}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="2" |Saturn V

|Apollo 12

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Lunar Module Intrepid

|Lander/Launch Vehicle

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Second crewed lunar landing.
id="1970"

| rowspan="3" | 77

| rowspan="3" |Luna E-8-5 No.405

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|6 February 1970}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna E-8-5 No.405

|Lander

| {{no|Launch failure}}

Luna E-8-5 No.405 return craft

|Sample return

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit
rowspan="4" | 78

| rowspan="4" |Apollo 13

| rowspan="3" |{{dts|11 April 1970}}

| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="3" |Saturn V

|Apollo 13

|Orbiter

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

rowspan="2" |Lunar Module Aquarius

|Lander/Launch Vehicle

| {{no|Precluded}}

Rescue mission

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="3" | 79

| rowspan="3" |Luna 16

(E-8-5 No.406)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|12 September 1970}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna 16

|Lander

| {{Success}}

Luna 16 return craft

|Sample return

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |First robotic sampling mission.
rowspan="2" | 80

| rowspan="2" |Zond 8

(7K-L1 No.14L)

|{{dts|20 October 1970}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Proton-K/D

|Zond 8

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Technology demonstration for planned crewed missions; returned to Earth successfully.
rowspan="3" | 81

| rowspan="3" |Luna 17

(E-8 No.203)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|10 November 1970}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna 17

|Lander

| {{Success}}

Lunokhod 1

|Rover

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Luna 17 deployed Lunokhod 1.
rowspan="3" | 82

| rowspan="3" |Apollo 14

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|31 January 1971}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="2" |Saturn V

|Apollo 14

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Lunar Module Antares

|Lander/Launch Vehicle

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Third crewed lunar landing.
rowspan="4" | 83

| rowspan="4" |Apollo 15

| rowspan="3" |{{dts|26 July 1971}}

| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="3" |Saturn V

|Apollo 15

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Lunar Module Falcon

|Lander/Launch Vehicle

| {{Success}}

Lunar Roving Vehicle

|Rover

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Fourth crewed lunar landing, and first to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
rowspan="2" | 84

| rowspan="2" |PFS-1

|{{dts|26 July 1971}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Saturn V

|PFS-1

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |PFS-1 was deployed from Apollo 15.
rowspan="3" | 85

| rowspan="3" |Luna 18

(E-8-5 No.407)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|2 September 1971}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna 18

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

Luna 18 return craft

|Sample return

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed during descent to lunar surface.
rowspan="2" | 86

| rowspan="2" |Luna 19

(E-8LS No.202)

|{{dts|28 September 1971}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Proton-K/D

|Luna 19

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Entered an orbit around the Moon on 2 October 1971 after two midcourse corrections on 29 September and 1 October.
rowspan="3" | 87

| rowspan="3" |Luna 20

(E-8-5 No.408)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|14 February 1972}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna 20

|Lander

| {{Success}}

Luna 20 return craft

|Sample return

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="4" | 88

| rowspan="4" |Apollo 16

| rowspan="3" |{{dts|16 April 1972}}

| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="3" |Saturn V

|Apollo 16

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Lunar Module Orion

|Lander/Launch Vehicle

| {{Success}}

Lunar Roving Vehicle

|Rover

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |5th crewed lunar landing.
rowspan="2" | 89

| rowspan="2" |PFS-2

|{{dts|16 April 1972}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Saturn V

|PFS-2

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |PFS-2 deployed from Apollo 16.
rowspan="2" | 90

| rowspan="2" |Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1

|{{dts|23 November 1972}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1

|N1

|Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1

|Orbiter

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit; intended to orbit the Moon and return to Earth.
rowspan="4" | 91

| rowspan="4" |Apollo 17

| rowspan="3" |{{dts|7 December 1972}}

| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="3" |Saturn V

|Apollo 17

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Lunar Module Challenger

|Lander/Launch Vehicle

| {{Success}}

Lunar Roving Vehicle

|Rover

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Sixth and last crewed lunar landing and last use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle; the orbiting command module included five mice.
rowspan="3" | 92

| rowspan="3" |Luna 21

(E-8 No.204)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|8 January 1973}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna 21

|Lander

| {{Success}}

Lunokhod 2

|Rover

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Deployed Lunokhod 2.
rowspan="2" | 93

| rowspan="2" |Explorer 49

(RAE-B)

|{{dts|10 June 1973}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Delta 1913

|Explorer 49

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Radio astronomy spacecraft, operated in selenocentric orbit to avoid interference from terrestrial radio sources.
rowspan="2" | 94

| rowspan="2" |Mariner 10

|{{dts|3 November 1973}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1A

|Mariner 10

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Interplanetary spacecraft, mapped lunar north pole to test cameras.
rowspan="2" | 95

| rowspan="2" |Luna 22

(E-8LS No.206)

|{{dts|29 May 1974}}

|{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

|Proton-K/D

|Luna 22

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Inserted into a circular lunar orbit on 2 June 1974
rowspan="3" | 96

| rowspan="3" |Luna 23

(E-8-5M No.410)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|28 October 1974}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna 23

|Lander

| {{partial|Partial failure}}

Luna 23 return craft

|Sample Return

| {{no|Precluded}}

colspan="6" |Tipped over upon landing, precluding any sample return attempt. Functioned for three days on surface.
rowspan="3" | 97

| rowspan="3" |Luna E-8-5M No.412

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|16 October 1975}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna E-8-5M No.412

|Lander

| {{no|Launch failure}}

Luna E-8-5M No.412 return craft

|Sample Return

| {{no|Launch failure}}

colspan="6" |Failed to orbit.
rowspan="3" | 98

| rowspan="3" |Luna 24

(E-8-5M No.413)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|9 August 1976}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} Lavochkin

| rowspan="2" |Proton-K/D

|Luna 24

|Lander

| {{Success}}

Luna 24 return craft

|Sample Return

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" | 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 {{frac|96|1|2}} hours later.{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 |date=2002 |publisher=NASA History Office |series=Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 24 |pages=115–116 |chapter=1976 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1966.pdf |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=6 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606124122/http://history.nasa.gov/monograph24/1966.pdf |url-status=live }} Returned {{convert|170.1|g}} of lunar regolith.{{cite web |title=Luna 24 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1976-081A |access-date=14 December 2013 |publisher=US National Space Science Data Center |archive-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514144528/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1976-081A |url-status=live }} Final mission to the Moon from the Soviet Union.
rowspan="2" | 99

| rowspan="2" |ISEE-3

(ICE/Explorer 59)

|{{dts|12 August 1978}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Delta 2914

|ISEE-3

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

id="1980"

| colspan="6" |Five flybys in 1982 and 1983 en route to comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner.

id="1990"

| rowspan="3" | 100

| rowspan="3" |Hiten

(MUSES-A)

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|24 January 1990}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} ISAS

| rowspan="2" | Mu-3S-II

|Hiten

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Hagoromo

|Orbiter

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |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.{{cite web |title=Hiten |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1990-007A |access-date=12 April 2019 |publisher=NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDCA) |archive-date=8 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208101032/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1990-007A |url-status=live }} Hagoromo was deployed from Hiten. The impact made Japan the 3rd country to impact the surface of the Moon.
rowspan="2" | 101

| rowspan="2" |Geotail

|{{dts|24 July 1992}}

|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} {{flagicon|USA}} ISAS/NASA

|Delta II 6925

|Geotail

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Series of flybys to regulate high Earth orbit.
rowspan="2" | 102

| rowspan="2" |WIND

|{{dts|1 November 1994}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Delta II 7925-10

|WIND

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Made two flybys on 1 December 1994 and 27 December 1994 to reach the Earth–Sun L1 Lagrangian point.
rowspan="2" | 103

| rowspan="2" |Clementine

(DSPSE)

|{{dts|25 January 1994}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} USAF/NASA

|Titan II (23)G Star-37FM

|Clementine

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Completed Lunar objectives successfully; failed following departure from selenocentric orbit.
rowspan="2" | 104

| rowspan="2" |HGS-1

|{{dts|24 December 1997}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} Hughes

|Proton-K/DM3

|HGS-1

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Communications satellite; made two flybys in May and June 1998 en route to geosynchronous orbit after delivery into wrong orbit.
rowspan="2" | 105

| rowspan="2" |Lunar Prospector

(Discovery 3)

|{{dts|7 January 1998}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Athena II

|Lunar Prospector

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |The mission ended on July 31, 1999
rowspan="2" | 106

| rowspan="2" |Nozomi

(PLANET-B)

|{{dts|3 July 1998}}

|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} ISAS

|M-V

|Nozomi

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Two flybys en route to Mars.

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;Legend

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colspan="2" |Mission

!Launch date

!Operator

!Carrier rocket

!Spacecraft

!Mission type

!Outcome

id="2000"

| rowspan="2" | 107

| rowspan="2" |WMAP

|{{dts|30 June 2001}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Delta II 7425-10

|WMAP

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Flyby on 30 July 2001 to reach the Earth–Sun L2 Lagrangian point.
rowspan="2" | 108

| rowspan="2" |SMART-1

|{{dts|27 September 2003}}

|23px ESA

|Ariane 5G

|SMART-1

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="3" | 109

| rowspan="3" |STEREO

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|25 October 2006}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="2" |Delta II 7925-10L

|STEREO A

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

STEREO B

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Both component spacecraft entered heliocentric orbit on 15 December 2006.
rowspan="3" | 110

| rowspan="3" |ARTEMIS

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|17 February 2007}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="2" |Delta II 7925

|ARTEMIS P1

|Orbiter

|{{Operational}}

ARTEMIS P2

|Orbiter

|{{Operational}}

colspan="6" |Two THEMIS spacecraft moved to selenocentric orbit for extended mission; entered orbit July 2011.
rowspan="4" | 111

| rowspan="4" |SELENE

| rowspan="3" |{{dts|14 September 2007}}

| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|Japan}} JAXA

| rowspan="3" |H-IIA 2022

|Kaguya

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Okina

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Ouna

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Deployed Okina and Ouna satellites. Kaguya and Okina impacted the Moon at end of mission.{{cite news |date=11 June 2009 |title=Japanese probe crashes into Moon |publisher=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8094863.stm |access-date=8 May 2010 |archive-date=30 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930160652/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8094863.stm |url-status=live }} Ouna completed operations on 29 June 2009{{cite web |date=30 June 2009 |title=月周回衛星「かぐや(SELENE)」 – SELENE通信 – お知らせ |url=http://www.kaguya.jaxa.jp/ja/communication/com_info200906_j.htm |access-date=17 July 2009 |publisher=JAXA |language=ja |archive-date=3 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003190340/http://www.kaguya.jaxa.jp/ja/communication/com_info200906_j.htm |url-status=live }} but remains in selenocentric orbit.
rowspan="2" | 112

| rowspan="2" |Chang'e 1

|{{dts|24 October 2007}}

|{{flagicon|China}} CNSA

|Long March 3A

|Chang'e 1

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Impacted Moon in USGS quadrangle LQ21 on 1 March 2009, at end of mission. The impact made China the 3rd country to impact the surface of the Moon.
rowspan="3" | 113

| rowspan="3" |Chandrayaan-1

| rowspan="2" |22 October 2008

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|India}} ISRO

| rowspan="2" |PSLV-XL C11

|Chandrayaan-1

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Moon Impact Probe

|Impactor

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" | 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.{{Cite journal |last1=Varanasi |first1=P. |last2=Tompkins |first2=S. |last3=Taylor |first3=L. A. |last4=Sunshine |first4=J. |last5=Staid |first5=M. |last6=Runyon |first6=C. |last7=Petro |first7=N. |last8=Nettles |first8=J. |last9=Mustard |first9=J. |date=23 October 2009 |title=Character and Spatial Distribution of OH/H2O on the Surface of the Moon Seen by M3 on Chandrayaan-1 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=326 |issue=5952 |pages=568–572 |bibcode=2009Sci...326..568P |doi=10.1126/science.1178658 |issn=0036-8075 |pmid=19779151 |s2cid=447133|doi-access=free }} 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.
rowspan="3" | 114

| rowspan="3" | LRO & LCROSS

| rowspan="2" | {{dts|18 June 2009}}

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="2" |Atlas V 401

|Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

|Orbiter

|{{Operational}}

LCROSS

|Impactor

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.
id="2010"

| rowspan="2" | 115

| rowspan="2" |Chang'e 2

|{{dts|1 October 2010}}

|{{flagicon|China}} CNSA

|Long March 3C

|Chang'e 2

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Following completion of six month Lunar mission, departed selenocentric orbit for Earth–Sun L2 Lagrangian point{{Cite news |date=30 August 2011 |title=China's Moon orbiter Chang'e-2 travels 1.5 km into outer space |publisher=The Economic Times |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-08-30/news/29945291_1_chang-e-2-china-s-moon-moon-landing |access-date=31 August 2011 |archive-date=4 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204230254/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-08-30/news/29945291_1_chang-e-2-china-s-moon-moon-landing |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |date=14 December 2012|title=Chang'e 2 imaging of Toutatis succeeded beyond my expectations! |publisher=The Planetary Society |last=Lakdawalla |first=Emily | author-link = Emily Lakdawalla |url=http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/12141551-change-2-imaging-of-toutatis.html |access-date=3 March 2024}}{{Cite web |date=25 August 2012 |title=Chang'e 2: The Full Story |url=http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/20120825-change-2-the-full-story.html |access-date=29 October 2012 |publisher=The Planetary Society |archive-date=23 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423161532/http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/20120825-change-2-the-full-story.html |url-status=live }}
rowspan="3" | 116

| rowspan="3" |GRAIL

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|10 September 2011}}{{cite news |last=Gold |first=Scott |date=11 September 2011 |title=After delay, GRAIL moon mission launches |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-11-la-na-grail-moon-20110911-story.html |access-date=8 April 2013 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108044523/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/11/nation/la-na-grail-moon-20110911 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Harwood |first=William |title=NASA launches GRAIL lunar probes |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-launches-grail-lunar-probes/ |access-date=11 September 2011 |work=CBS News |date=10 September 2011 |archive-date=11 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911193237/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/10/scitech/main20104282.shtml |url-status=live }}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="2" |Delta II 7920H

|Ebb (GRAIL-A)

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

Flow (GRAIL-B)

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Impacted the Moon in USGS quadrangle LQ01 on 17 December 2012 at end of mission.{{cite web |last=Blau |first=Patrick |title=GRAIL Mission Design and Timeline |url=http://www.spaceflight101.com/grail-mission-design-timeline.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719225135/http://www.spaceflight101.com/grail-mission-design-timeline.html |archive-date=19 July 2012 |access-date=29 October 2012 |work=Spaceflight 101 |df=dmy-all}}
rowspan="2" | 117

| rowspan="2" |LADEE

|{{dts|7 September 2013}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Minotaur V

|LADEE

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Mission ended on 18 April 2014, when the spacecraft's controllers intentionally crashed LADEE into the far side of the Moon.
rowspan="3" | 118

| rowspan="3" |Chang'e 3

| rowspan="2" | {{dts|1 December 2013}}

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|China}} CNSA

| rowspan="2" | Long March 3B

|Chang'e 3

|Lander

|{{Operational}}

Yutu

|Rover

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="4" | 119

| rowspan="4" | Chang'e 5-T1

| rowspan="3" | {{dts|23 October 2014}}

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|China}} CNSA

| rowspan="3" | Long March 3C

|Chang'e 5-T1

|Orbiter

| {{Operational}}

Chang'e 5-T1 Return Capsule

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} LuxSpace

|Manfred Memorial Moon Mission

|Flyby / Impactor (post mission)

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="2" | 120

| rowspan="2" |TESS

|{{dts|18 April 2018}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Falcon 9 Full Thrust

|TESS

|Flyby

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Flyby on 17 May 2018 to designated high Earth orbit.{{cite report |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20160010502.pdf |title=Trajectory Design Enhancements to Mitigate Risk for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |date=13 September 2016 |publisher=NASA |access-date=1 January 2017 |website=ntrs.nasa.gov |archive-date=1 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101161942/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20160010502.pdf |url-status=live }}
rowspan="4" | 121

| rowspan="4" |Queqiao

| rowspan="3" | {{dts|21 May 2018}}

| rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|China}} CNSA

| rowspan="3" | Long March 4C

|Queqiao relay satellite

|Relay Satellite

|{{Operational}}

Longjiang-1

|Orbiter

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

Longjiang-2

|Orbiter

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |Launched on the same rocket as Queqiao. Longjiang-1 never entered Moon orbit,[http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2018/20180615-queqiao-orbit-explainer.html How China's lunar relay satellite arrived in its final orbit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017123833/http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2018/20180615-queqiao-orbit-explainer.html |date=17 October 2018 }}. Luyuan Xu, The Planetary Society. 15 June 2018. while Longjiang-2 operated in lunar orbit until 31 July 2019, when it impacted the lunar surface.{{cite tweet|number=1156732417950048256|user=planet4589|title=The Chinese Longjiang-2 (DSLWP-B) lunar orbiting spacecraft completed its mission on Jul 31 at about 1420 UTC, in a planned impact on the lunar surface.|date=31 July 2019|access-date=1 August 2019}} Queqiao entered designated Earth–Moon {{L2}} orbit on 14 June in preparation of Chang'e 4 far-side lunar lander in December 2018.
rowspan="3" | 122

| rowspan="3" |Chang'e 4

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|7 December 2018}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|China}} CNSA

| rowspan="2" |Long March 3B

|Chang'e 4

|Lander

|{{Operational}}

Yutu-2

|Rover

|{{Operational}}

colspan="6" |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.{{Cite news |last=Rincon |first=Paul |date=7 December 2018 |title=China mission launches to far side of Moon |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46471668 |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=8 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208151441/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46471668 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=3 January 2019 |title=China Makes Historic 1st Landing on Mysterious Far Side of the Moon |url=https://www.space.com/42883-china-first-landing-moon-far-side.html |website=Space.com |access-date=3 January 2019 |archive-date=3 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210705/https://www.space.com/42883-china-first-landing-moon-far-side.html |url-status=live }} Cottonseeds sprouted in the lander in a biological experiment, the first plants to sprout on the Moon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.space.com/43012-china-cotton-seed-moon-far-side-chang-e4.html|title=Cotton Seed Sprouts on the Moon's Far Side in Historic First by China's Chang'e 4|last1=Bartels|first1=Meghan|date=January 15, 2019|website=Space.com|access-date=February 23, 2025}}
rowspan="2" | 123

| rowspan="2" |Beresheet

|{{dts|22 February 2019}}

|{{flagicon|Israel}} SpaceIL

|Falcon 9

|Beresheet

|Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |First Israeli and first privately funded lunar lander mission. Technology demonstration. Instrumentation included a magnetometer and laser retroreflector.{{Cite web |last=Grush |first=Loren |date=21 February 2019 |title=Watch SpaceX launch a trio of spacecraft, including a lander bound for the Moon |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18233768/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-launch-spaceil-beresheet-moon-spaceflight-nusantara-satu |access-date=22 February 2019 |website=The Verge |archive-date=21 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221205729/https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18233768/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-launch-spaceil-beresheet-moon-spaceflight-nusantara-satu |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=19 February 2019 |title=Beresheet |url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/beresheet/in-depth/ |access-date=4 April 2019 |website=NASA Solar System Exploration |archive-date=24 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624101826/https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/beresheet/in-depth/ |url-status=live }}. Spacecraft crashed into the lunar surface after main engine failure during descent from lunar orbit phase.{{cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=12 April 2019 |title=SpaceIL says "chain of events" led to crash of lunar lander |work=SpaceNews |url=https://spacenews.com/spaceil-says-chain-of-events-led-to-crash-of-lunar-lander |access-date=12 April 2019 |archive-date=14 April 2019 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20190414203908/https://spacenews.com/spaceil-says-chain-of-events-led-to-crash-of-lunar-lander/ |url-status=live }} The impact made Israel the 7th country to impact the surface of the Moon.
rowspan="4" | 124

| rowspan="4" |Chandrayaan-2

| rowspan="3" |{{dts|22 July 2019}}

| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|India}} ISRO

| rowspan="3" |LVM3

|Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter

|Orbiter

|{{Operational}}

Vikram

|Lander

|{{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

Pragyan

|Rover

| {{no|Precluded}}

colspan="6" |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.{{Cite web |title=Lander Vikram located: K Sivan |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/lander-vikram-located-k-sivan20190908141242/ |access-date=8 September 2019 |website=www.aninews.in |language=en |archive-date=8 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908125712/https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/lander-vikram-located-k-sivan20190908141242/ |url-status=live }}
id="2020"

| rowspan="5" | 125

| rowspan="5" |Chang'e 5

| rowspan="4" |23 November 2020

| rowspan="4" |{{flagicon|China}} CNSA

| rowspan="4" |Long March 5

|Chang'e 5 Orbiter

|Orbiter

|{{Operational}}

Chang'e 5 Lander

|Lander

| {{Success}}

Chang'e 5 Ascender

|Launch Vehicle

| {{Success}}

Chang'e 5 Returner

|Sample Return

| {{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-06 |title=China's Chang'e-5 orbiter is heading back to the moon |url=https://spacenews.com/chinas-change-5-orbiter-is-heading-back-to-the-moon/ |access-date=2021-09-08 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830012320/https://spacenews.com/chinas-change-5-orbiter-is-heading-back-to-the-moon/ |url-status=live }}
rowspan="2" | 126

| rowspan="2" |CAPSTONE

|28 June 2022{{cite web |last=Figliozzi |first=Gianine |date=8 June 2022 |title=CAPSTONE Mission Launch No Longer Targeting June 13 |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/06/08/capstone-mission-launch-no-longer-targeting-june-13/ |access-date=9 June 2022 |work=NASA |archive-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609011628/https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/06/08/capstone-mission-launch-no-longer-targeting-june-13/ |url-status=live }}

|{{flagicon|US}} NASA

|Electron

| CAPSTONE

|Orbiter

|{{Operational}}

colspan="6" |Lunar orbiting CubeSat that will test and verify the calculated orbital stability planned for the Gateway space station.
rowspan="2" | 127

| rowspan="2" |Danuri

|4 August 2022

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} KARI

|Falcon 9

|Danuri

|Orbiter{{cite press release |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-funds-cubesat-pathfinder-mission-to-unique-lunar-orbit |title=NASA Funds CubeSat Pathfinder Mission to Unique Lunar Orbit |work=NASA |date=13 September 2019 |access-date=12 October 2021 |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110075648/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-funds-cubesat-pathfinder-mission-to-unique-lunar-orbit/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=9 August 2021 |title=Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Funded Commercial Moon Mission from New Zealand |url=https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-nasa-funded-commercial-moon-mission-from-new-zealand/ |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=Rocket Lab |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808200521/https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-nasa-funded-commercial-moon-mission-from-new-zealand/ |url-status=live }}

|{{Operational}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="12" | 128

| rowspan="12" |Artemis I

| rowspan="11" |16 November 2022{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=11 November 2022 |title=NASA moving ahead with Nov. 16 Artemis 1 launch attempt |url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-moving-ahead-with-nov-16-artemis-1-launch-attempt/ |access-date=12 November 2022 |work=SpaceNews}}

| rowspan="6" |{{Flagicon|USA}} NASA

| rowspan="11" |SLS Block 1

|Artemis I Orion MPCV CM-002

|Orbiter

|{{Success}}

LunaH-Map

|Orbiter

|{{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

Lunar IceCube

|Orbiter

|{{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

CubeSat for Solar Particles

|Flyby

|{{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

Near-Earth Asteroid Scout

|Flyby

|{{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

BioSentinel

|Flyby

|{{Success}}

{{flagicon|Japan}} JAXA

| OMOTENASHI

|Lander

|{{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

{{Flagicon|Italy}} ASI

| ArgoMoon

|Flybys

|{{Operational}}

{{flagicon|Japan}} JAXA

| EQUULEUS

|Flybys

|{{Operational}}

{{Flagicon|USA}} Lockheed Martin

| LunIR

|Flyby

|{{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

{{Flagicon|USA}} Fluid & Reason

| Team Miles

|Flyby

|{{Success}}

colspan="6" |Uncrewed test of Orion spacecraft in lunar flyby and lunar Distant retrograde orbit.
rowspan="5" | 129

| rowspan="5" |Hakuto-R Mission 1

| rowspan="4" |11 December 2022

|{{Flagicon|JPN}} ispace

| rowspan="4" |Falcon 9 Block 5

|Hakuto-R

|Lander

|{{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

{{Flagicon|JPN}} Tomy/JAXA/Dodai

|SORA-Q

|Rover

|{{no|Precluded}}

{{Flagicon|UAE}} UAESA/MBRSC

|Rashid

|Rover

|{{no|Precluded}}

{{Flagicon|USA}} NASA

| Lunar Flashlight

|Orbiter

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Lunar lander technology demonstration.{{cite news |url=https://ispace-inc.com/news/?p=2012 |title=ispace Begins Final Assembly of Lunar Lander Flight Model Ahead of First Mission |work=ispace |date=14 July 2021 |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714132832/https://ispace-inc.com/news/?p=2012 |url-status=live }} 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.,{{cite web |title=ispace Announces Results of the "HAKUTO-R" Mission 1 Lunar Landing |url=https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4691 |website=ispace-inc |access-date=30 May 2023}} 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.{{cite web |date=8 February 2023 |title=NASA Eyes New Lunar CubeSat Orbit, Propulsion Challenges Continue – Small Satellite Missions |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellites/2023/02/08/nasa-eyes-new-lunar-cubesat-orbit-propulsion-challenges-continue/}}{{cite web |date=12 May 2023 |title=NASA gives up on tiny Lunar Flashlight probe's troubled moon ice mission |url=https://www.space.com/nasa-gives-up-lunar-flashlight-moon-mission |website=Space.com}}
rowspan="2" | 130

| rowspan="2" |Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

|14 April 2023

|23px ESA

|Ariane 5 ECA

|Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

|Flyby

|{{Success}}

colspan="6" |Flew by the Moon in August 2024 en route to Ganymede.
rowspan="4" | 131

| rowspan="4" |Chandrayaan-3

| rowspan="3" |14 July 2023

| rowspan="3" |{{Flagicon|India}} ISRO

| rowspan="3" |LVM3

| Chandrayaan-3

| Orbiter

|{{Success}}

lander | Lander

|Vikram lander

|{{Success}}

Rover

|Pragyan rover

|{{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="2" | 132

| rowspan="2" |Luna 25

| 10 August 2023

| {{Flagicon|RUS}} Roscosmos

| Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat

| Luna 25

| Lander

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="4" | 133

| rowspan="4" |SLIM

| rowspan="3" |6 September 2023

| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|JPN}} JAXA

| rowspan="3" |H-IIA

|SLIM

|Lander

|{{Success}}

LEV-1

|Hopper

|{{Success}}

{{Flagicon|JPN}} Tomy / JAXA / Doshisha University

|LEV-2 (Sora-Q)

|Rover

|{{Success}}

colspan="6" |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.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=2024-01-25 |title=Japan's SLIM achieved pinpoint moon landing with just one working engine |url=https://spacenews.com/japans-slim-achieved-pinpoint-moon-landing-with-just-one-working-engine/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}} 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.
rowspan="4" | 134

| rowspan="4" |Peregrine Mission One

| rowspan="3" |8 January 2024

| {{Flagicon|USA}} Astrobotic Technology

| rowspan="3" |Vulcan Centaur VC2

|Peregrine

|Lander

|{{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

{{Flagicon|Mexico}} UNAM

|Colmena × 5

|Rovers

|{{no|Precluded}}

{{Flagicon|USA}} CMU

| Iris

|Rover

|{{no|Precluded}}

colspan="6" |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.
rowspan="3" |135

| rowspan="3" | IM-1

| rowspan="2" | 14 February 2024

| {{Flagicon|USA}} Intuitive Machines

| rowspan="2" | Falcon 9 B5

| Nova-C Odysseus

|Lander

|{{Success}}

{{Flagicon|USA}} ERAU

| EagleCam

|Deployable camera

| {{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |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.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-28 |title=NASA, Intuitive Machines Share Images from the Moon, Provide Science Updates – Artemis |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/02/28/nasa-intuitive-machines-share-images-from-the-moon-provide-science-updates/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |language=en-US}} EagleCam was not ejected prior to landing. It was later ejected on the 28th of February but minimal data was obtained.{{Cite web |title=2/3 mission plans and procedures in order to deploy its CubeSat camera system. Despite the team's strong effort, the technical complications ultimately resulted in an inability to capture images of the Odysseus lander. |url=https://x.com/SpaceTechLab/status/1762979276360479156?s=20}}{{Cite web |title=EagleCam Updates: Public Comments by Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus |url=http://news.erau.edu/headlines/eaglecam-updates-embry-riddle-device-lands-on-moon |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=Embry-Riddle Newsroom |language=en}}
rowspan="3" |136

| rowspan="3" |DRO A/B

| rowspan="2" |13 March 2024

| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|China}} CAS

| rowspan="2" |Long March 2C

|DRO-A

|Relay Satellite

|{{Operational}}

DRO-B

|Relay Satellite

|{{Operational}}

colspan="6" |Yuanzheng 1S upper stage failed to deliver spacecrafts into correct orbit. The satellites were intended to test Distant retrograde orbit.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=2024-03-14 |title=Surprise Chinese lunar mission hit by launch anomaly |url=https://spacenews.com/surprise-chinese-lunar-mission-hit-by-launch-anomaly/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}} Tracking data appears to show China is attempting to salvage spacecraft and they appear to have succeeded in reaching their desired orbit.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=2024-08-20 |title=Chinese spacecraft appear to reach lunar orbit despite launch setback |url=https://spacenews.com/chinese-spacecraft-appear-to-reach-lunar-orbit-despite-launch-setback/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=2024-03-28 |title=China appears to be trying to save stricken spacecraft from lunar limbo |url=https://spacenews.com/china-appears-to-be-trying-to-save-stricken-spacecraft-from-lunar-limbo/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}
rowspan="4" |137

| rowspan="4" | Queqiao-2

| rowspan="3" |20 March 2024

|{{Flagicon|China}} CNSA

| rowspan="3" | Long March 8

| Queqiao-2

|Relay Satellite

|{{Operational}}

rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|China}} Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL, Tiandu Lab){{cite web |title=DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION LABORATORY (TIANDU LABORATORY) |url=https://www.iafastro.org/membership/all-members/deep-space-exploration-laboratory-tiandu-laboratory.html|access-date=10 June 2024|work=IAF}}

|Tiandu-1

|Orbiter

|{{Operational}}

Tiandu-2

|Orbiter

|{{Operational}}

colspan="6" |Relay satellite to support future missions of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program targeting south pole region.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=8 September 2022 |title=China's Moon Missions Shadow NASA Artemis's Pace |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-moon-mission-artemis |access-date=8 September 2022 |work=IEEE Spectrum}} Tiandu satellites are launched with them to test communications for future lunar satellite constellation technologies.{{cite web|date=20 March 2024 |title=China launches signal relay satellite for mission to moon's hidden side|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/china-launches-satellite-queqiao-2-upcoming-lunar-missions-2024-03-20/|access-date=20 March 2024 |work=Reuters}}
rowspan="7" | 138

| rowspan="7" |Chang'e 6

| rowspan="6" |3 May 2024{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=10 January 2024 |title=China's Chang'e-6 probe arrives at spaceport for first-ever lunar far side sample mission |url=https://spacenews.com/chinas-change-6-probe-arrives-at-spaceport-for-first-ever-lunar-far-side-sample-mission/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=SpaceNews}}

| rowspan="5" |{{flagicon|China}} CNSA

| rowspan="6" |Long March 5

|Chang'e 6 Orbiter

|Orbiter

|{{Success}}

Chang'e 6 Lander

|Lander

|{{Success}}

Chang'e 6 Ascender

|Launch Vehicle

|{{Success}}

Chang'e 6 Returner

|Sample Return

|{{Success}}

Jinchan{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=6 May 2024 |title=China's Chang'e-6 is carrying a surprise rover to the moon |url=https://spacenews.com/chinas-change-6-is-carrying-a-surprise-rover-to-the-moon/|access-date=7 June 2024 |work=SpaceNews}}

|Rover

|{{Success}}

{{flagicon|Pakistan}} SUPARCO{{efn|"Even though the source says "IST will conduct various tests"; IST being a research university does not directly control the orbiter, rather any tests or operations on the orbiter are done through the national space agency i.e SUPARCO."{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=Pakistan's ICUBE-Q satellite successfully enters lunar orbit |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2465687/pakistans-icube-q-satellite-successfully-enters-lunar-orbit%3famp=1 |access-date=2024-05-17 |language=en}}}}{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=Pakistan's maiden lunar probe sends first pictures of the Moon |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/pakistans-maiden-lunar-probe-icube-q-sends-first-pictures-of-the-moon-2537567-2024-05-10 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=India Today |language=en}}

| ICUBE-Q{{cite press release |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370729994 |title=Mission overview and Design of Lunar CubeSat "ICUBE-Q" onboard Chang'E-6 |date=25 April 2023 |access-date=11 August 2023 |work=researchgate}}

|Orbiter

|{{Operational}}

colspan="6" |First spacecraft to have collected lunar samples from the far side of the Moon (Apollo crater, South Pole–Aitken basin).{{Cite web |title=China's Moon Missions Shadow NASA Artemis's Pace - IEEE Spectrum |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-moon-mission-artemis |website=IEEE}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Andrew |title=China's Chang'e-6 is carrying a surprise rover to the moon |url=https://spacenews.com/chinas-change-6-is-carrying-a-surprise-rover-to-the-moon/ |website=SpaceNews |access-date=8 May 2024 |date=6 May 2024 |archive-date=8 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508193233/https://spacenews.com/chinas-change-6-is-carrying-a-surprise-rover-to-the-moon/ |url-status=live }} The orbiter went to Sun Earth L2 under mission extension.
rowspan="2" | 139

| rowspan="2" |Blue Ghost M1

|15 January 2025{{Cite web |title=Falcon 9 Block 5 {{!}} Blue Ghost Mission 1 |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6794 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=nextspaceflight.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Schnautz |first=Risa |date=2024-11-25 |title=Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the Moon Readies for Launch |url=https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-blue-ghost-mission-1-to-the-moon-readies-for-launch/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Firefly Aerospace |language=en-US}}

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Firefly Aerospace

|Falcon 9 B5

|Blue Ghost Lander

|Lander

|{{Success}}

colspan="6" |Lunar lander, carrying NASA-sponsored experiments and commercial payloads to Mare Crisium.{{cite press release |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-firefly-aerospace-for-artemis-commercial-moon-delivery-in-2023 |title=NASA Selects Firefly Aerospace for Artemis Commercial Moon Delivery in 2023 |work=NASA |date=4 February 2021 |access-date=4 February 2021 |archive-date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204211114/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-firefly-aerospace-for-artemis-commercial-moon-delivery-in-2023 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |date=1 February 2021 |title=Lunar Lander |url=https://firefly.com/lunar-lander/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205003523/https://firefly.com/lunar-lander/ |archive-date=5 February 2021 |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=Firefly Aerospace}} First fully-successful private lunar landing.
rowspan="3" | 140

| rowspan="3" | Hakuto-R Mission 2

| rowspan="2" | 15 January 2025{{Cite web |title=Falcon 9 Block 5 {{!}} HAKUTO-R M2 "Resilience" |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6940 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=nextspaceflight.com |language=en}}

| {{Flagicon|Japan}}ispace

| rowspan="2" |Falcon 9 B5

| Hakuto-R

|Lander

|{{Enroute}}

{{Flagicon|Luxembourg}}ispace Europe

|Tenacious

|Rover

|{{Enroute}}

colspan = "6|Launched on the same rocket as Blue Ghost. Landing expected no earlier than 6 June.
rowspan="2" | 141

| rowspan="2" |Lunar Trailblazer

|27 February 2025

|{{Flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Falcon 9 B5

|Lunar Trailblazer

|Orbiter

|{{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Lunar orbiter aimed to aid in the understanding of lunar water and the Moon's water cycle.{{Cite web |date=27 February 2025 |title=Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Lunar Lander Successfully Commissioned and En Route to the Moon |url=https://investors.intuitivemachines.com/news-releases/news-release-details/intuitive-machines-im-2-lunar-lander-successfully-commissioned |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=investors.intuitivemachines.com}} Flyby on 3 March 2025.
rowspan="2" | 142

| rowspan="2" |Brokkr-2

|27 February 2025

|{{Flagicon|USA}} AstroForge

|Falcon 9 B5

|Brokkr-2

|Flyby

|{{no2|Spacecraft failure}}

colspan="6" |Asteroid probe intended to flyby the near-Earth asteroid 2022 OB5. Communication failure. Flyby on 3 March 2025.
rowspan="2" | 143

| rowspan="2" | Chimera-1

|27 February 2025

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Epic Aerospace

|Falcon 9 B5

|Chimera-1

|Flyby

|{{Success}}

colspan="6" |Space tug planned TLI to Geosynchronous. Communication failure?. Flyby on 3 March 2025.
rowspan="6" | 144

| rowspan="6" | IM-2

| rowspan="5" | 27 February 2025{{cite web |last=David |first=Leonard |url=https://spacenews.com/ice-hunting-lunar-trailblazer-im2-nearly-ready-january-2025-launch/ |title=Ice-hunting Lunar Trailblazer and IM-2 nearly ready for January 2025 launch |work=SpaceNews |date=12 September 2024 |access-date=12 September 2024}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Flagicon|USA}} Intuitive Machines

| rowspan="5" | Falcon 9 B5

|Nova-C

|Lander

|{{partial|Partial failure}}

μNova

|Hopper

|{{no|Precluded}}

{{Flagicon|USA}} Lunar Outpost/{{Flagicon|Finland}} Nokia

|MAPP

|Rover

|{{no|Precluded}}

{{Flagicon|USA}} MIT

|AstroAnt{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Arianna |title=MIT Will Return To The Moon For The First Time Since Apollo, Thanks To This Space Startup |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2022/11/09/mit-will-return-to-the-moon-for-the-first-time-since-apollo-thanks-to-this-space-startup/ |website=Forbes}}

|Rover

|{{no|Precluded}}

{{Flagicon|Japan}} Dymon

|Yaoki{{Cite web |last=Machines |first=Intuitive |date=5 January 2023 |title=Intuitive Machines Adds Commercial Lunar Rover to its Second Mission to the Moon |url=https://www.intuitivemachines.com/post/intuitive-machines-adds-commercial-lunar-rover-to-its-second-mission-to-the-moon |website=Intuitive Machines}}

|Rover

|{{no|Precluded}}

colspan="6" |Second Nova-C. Payloads delivery for NASA's CLPS and for private customers.{{cite web |last=Kanayama |first=Lee |date=13 April 2020 |title=NOVA-C selects landing site, Masten gains CLPS contracts |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/04/nova-c-landing-site-masten-clps-contracts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412184346/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/04/nova-c-landing-site-masten-clps-contracts/ |archive-date=12 April 2021 |access-date=27 September 2020 |work=NASASpaceFlight}} MAPP and μNova will test a new Nokia lunar communication system. Lander achieved a soft landing on 6 March but landed on its side, precluding recharging and deployment of payloads. Mission concluded one day after landing.

Statistics

=Launches by decade=

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| data1 = 13

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| data2 = 63

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| data3 = 23

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| data4 = 0

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| data5 = 7

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This is a list of 144 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

{{legend inline|#9EFF9E|Attempted Milestone achieved|outline=silver}}

{{legend inline|#FFC7C7|Attempted Milestone not achieved|outline=silver}}

First to achieve

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!Country/

Agency

!Flyby{{efn|While Orbiting specific missions achieve a flyby milestone by virtue of entering the orbit, this table lists only flyby specific missions.}}

!Orbit

!Impact

!Soft landing

!Rover

!Sample return

!Crewed orbiting

!Crewed landing

{{Flagicon|USA}} United States

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="2" | Pioneer 4, 1959

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="2" | Lunar Orbiter 1, 1966

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="2" | Ranger 4, 1962

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="2" | Surveyor 1, 1966

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="2" | LRV (Apollo 15), 1971

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="1" | Apollo 11, 1969

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="1" | Apollo 8, 1968

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="1" | Apollo 11, 1969 †

{{flagicon|USSR}} Soviet Union

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="1" | Luna 1, 1959

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="1" | Luna 10, 1966

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="1" | Luna 2, 1959

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="1" | Luna 9, 1966

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="1" | Lunokhod 1, 1970

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="2" | Luna 16, 1970

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="2" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="2" | —

{{flagicon|China}} China

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="4" | Chang'e 5-T1, 2014

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="5" | Chang'e 1, 2007

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="6" | Chang'e 1, 2009

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="3" | Chang'e 3, 2013

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="3" | Yutu, 2013

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="3" | Chang'e 5, 2020

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="3" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="3" | —

{{flagicon|India}} India

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7" | Chandrayaan 3, 2023

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="6" | Chandrayaan 1, 2008

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="5" | MIP, 2008

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="4" | Chandrayaan 3, 2023

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="4" | Pragyan, 2023

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="4" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="4" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="4" | —

{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} Japan

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="3" | Hiten, 1990

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="3" | Hiten, 1993

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="3" | Hiten, 1993

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="5" | SLIM, 2024

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="5" | LEV-1, 2024

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="5" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="5" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="5" | —

{{flagicon|Israel}} Israel

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="8" | —

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7" | Beresheet, 2019

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7" | Beresheet, 2019

|style="background:#FFC7C7; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="6" | Beresheet, 2019

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="8" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="6" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="6" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="6" | —

{{Flagicon|RUS}} Russia

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9" | —

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9" | Luna 25, 2023

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9" |Luna 25, 2023

|style="background:#FFC7C7; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7" | Luna 25, 2023

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7" | —

23px ESA

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10" | —

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="4" | SMART-1, 2003

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="4" | SMART-1, 2006

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="8" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="8" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="8" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="8" | —

{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="5" | 4M, 2014

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11" | —

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7" | 4M, 2022

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9" | —

{{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11" | —

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="8" | Danuri, 2022

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="12" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10" | —

{{Flagicon|Italy}} Italy

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="6" | ArgoMoon, 2022

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="12" | —

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|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="13" | —

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|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="11" | —

{{Flagicon|UAE}} UAE

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|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="13" | —

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="8" | Rashid, 2023

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="12" | —

|style="background:#FFC7C7; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="6" |Rashid, 2023

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="12" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="12" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="12" | —

{{Flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="13" | —

|style="background:#9EFF9E; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10" | ICUBE-Q, 2024

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="13" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="13" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="14" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="13" | —

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|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="13" | —

{{Flagicon|MEX}} Mexico

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="14" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="14" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="14" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="14" | —

|style="background:#FFC7C7; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="7" | Colmena, 2024

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="14" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="14" | —

|style="background:#ECECEC; text-align:center;" data-sort-value="14" | —

=Missions by organization/company=

{{clear}}

{{sticky header}}

class="wikitable sticky-header sortable"
+Analysis of numbers of lunar missions

! Country/

Agency

! Agency
or company

! Successful

! Partial
failure

! Failure

!Success rate

! Operational

! Total

! Total for
country

rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USSR}} USSR

|Lavochkin

|16

|2

|22

|40%

| -

|40

| rowspan="2" |58

Energia2

| -

|16

|11.11%

| -

|18

rowspan="2" | {{flag|USA}}

|NASA

37

|2

|14

|67.27%

|4

|55

| rowspan="2" |57

USAF1

| -

|1

|50%

| -

|2

{{flag|China}}

|CNSA

|10

| -

| -

|100%

|8

|10

|10

rowspan="2" |{{flag|Japan}}

|ISAS

|2

| -

|2

|50%

| -

|4

| rowspan="2" |8

JAXA

|2

| -

|1

|66.6%

|1

|4

{{flag|India}}

|ISRO

|2

| 1

| -

|66.6%

| 2

|3

|3

23px Various member states

|ESA

|1

| -

| -

|100%

| -

|1

|1

{{flag|Luxembourg}}

|LuxSpace

|1

| -

| -

|100%

| -

|1

|1

{{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

|KARI

|1

| -

| -

|100%

|1

|1

|1

{{flag|USA}} (private company)

|Lockheed Martin

|1

| -

| -

|100%

| -

|1

|1

{{flag|USA}} (private company)

|Fluid & Reason

|1

| -

| -

|100%

| -

|1

|1

{{flag|USA}} (private company)

|Astrobotic Technology

| -

| -

|1

|0%

| -

|1

|1

{{flag|USA}} (private company)

|Intuitive Machines

|1

|1

| -

|50%

| -

|2

|2

{{flag|USA}} (private university)

|ERAU

| -

| -

|1

|0%

| -

|1

|1

{{flag|USA}} (private company)

|Firefly Aerospace

|1

| -

| -

|100%

| -

|1

|1

{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy

|ASI

|1

| -

| -

|100%

| -

|1

|1

{{flag|Israel}}

|SpaceIL

| -

| -

|1

|0%

| -

|1

|1

{{Flagicon|RUS}} Russia

|Roscosmos

| -

| -

|1

|0%

| -

|1

|1

{{flagicon|UAE}} UAE

| UAESA

| -

| -

| 1

|0%

| -

| 1

|1

{{flag|Japan}} (private company)

|ispace

| -

| -

|1

|0%

| -

|1

|1

{{Flag|Pakistan}}

|IST / SUPARCO

|1

| -

| -

|100%

|1

|1

|1

= Landing sites =

{{infobox

| image =

File:Moon Soft Landings.svg|frameless|370px|alt=Map of landing sites on the Moon|

rect 220 0100 1100 0290 Luna 9

rect 220 0290 1100 0480 Surveyor 1

rect 220 0480 1100 0670 Luna 13

rect 220 0670 1100 0860 Surveyor 3

rect 220 0860 1100 1050 Surveyor 5

rect 220 1050 1100 1240 Surveyor 6

rect 220 1240 1100 1530 Surveyor 7

rect 220 1430 1100 1620 Apollo 11

rect 220 1620 1100 1810 Apollo 12

rect 220 1810 1100 2000 Luna 16

rect 220 2000 1100 2190 Luna 17

rect 220 2190 1100 2380 Apollo 14

rect 220 2380 1100 2570 Apollo 15

rect 220 2570 1100 2760 Luna 20

rect 220 2760 1100 2950 Apollo 16

rect 220 2950 1100 3140 Apollo 17

rect 220 3140 1100 3330 Luna 21

rect 220 3330 1100 3520 Luna 23

rect 220 3520 1100 3710 Luna 24

rect 3500 0100 4500 0290 Chang'e 3

rect 3500 0290 4500 0480 Chang'e 4

rect 3500 0480 4500 0670 Chang'e 5

rect 3500 0670 4500 0860 Chandrayaan 3

rect 3500 0860 4500 1050 Smart Lander for Investigating Moon

rect 3500 1050 4500 1240 IM-1

rect 3500 1240 4500 1430 Chang'e 6

rect 3500 1430 4500 1620 Blue Ghost Mission 1

rect 3500 1620 4500 1810 IM-2

desc bottom-left

| captionstyle = text-align:left;

| caption =

Clickable map of the locations of all successful soft landings on the near side of the Moon to date (top)

{{plainlist}}

{{columns-list|

}}

{{endplainlist}}

Dates are landing dates in Coordinated Universal Time. Except for the Apollo program, all soft landings were uncrewed.

Asterisk indicates a partial success.

}}

As of March 2025, there have been a total twenty eight successful soft landings on the Moon carried out by five countries that include China, India, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Among these, a total of six soft landings were crewed (Apollo) conducted by United States. All two soft landings on the far side of the Moon were carried out by China, while soft landing near the lunar south pole was carried out by India's Chandrayaan-3 and Intuitive Machines' IM-1 Nova-C Odysseus and IM-2 Nova-C Athena lander.

Future missions

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

= Funded and are under development =

== Robotic ==

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Mission

!Spacecraft

! Launch date

! Carrier rocket

! Operator

!Mission type

rowspan="2" |Mark 1 Pathfinder Mission

|Blue Moon

|NET August 2025

|New Glenn

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Blue Origin

|Lander

colspan="5" |First mission for the Blue Moon lander platform developed by Blue Origin and will prove the viability of the platform and BE-7 engine. It has a cargo capacity of up to 3000kg.
rowspan="5" | IM-3

| Nova-C

rowspan="4" | October 2025{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/intuitive-machines-seeks-to-take-over-nasas-viper-lunar-rover/ |title=Intuitive Machines seeks to take over NASA's VIPER lunar rover |work=SpaceNews |date=13 August 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024}}{{cite press release |url=https://www.intuitivemachines.com/post/three-peat-intuitive-machines-selects-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-for-third-moon-mission |title=Three-peat: Intuitive Machines Selects SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket for Third Moon Mission |work=Intuitive Machines |date=10 August 2021 |access-date=10 August 2021 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212224827/https://www.intuitivemachines.com/post/three-peat-intuitive-machines-selects-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-for-third-moon-mission |url-status=live}}

| rowspan="4" | Falcon 9 B5

| rowspan="2" | {{Flagicon|USA}} Intuitive Machines

|Lander

Khon2

|Relay Satellite

CADRE x3

|{{Flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Rovers

Lunar Vertex

|{{Flagicon|USA}} NASA{{Flagicon|USA}} Lunar Outpost

|Rover

colspan="5" |Third Nova-C. Payloads delivery for NASA's CLPS and for private customers. Lunar Vertex mission.
rowspan="2" |Starship Demo mission

|Starship HLS

|2025{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Marcia |url=https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-delays-next-artemis-missions-to-2025-and-2026/ |title=NASA Delays Next Artemis Missions to 2025 and 2026 |work=SpacePolicyOnline |date=9 January 2024 |access-date=10 January 2024}}

|Starship

|{{Flagicon|USA}} SpaceX

|Lander

colspan="5" |Uncrewed demo mission of Starship HLS.
rowspan="2" | DESTINY+

| DESTINY+

|2025{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://www.space.com/japan-destiny-mission-asteroid-phaethon-launch-delay |title=Japan's mission to bizarre asteroid Phaethon delayed to 2025 |work=Space.com |date=6 November 2023 |access-date=18 December 2023}}

| Epsilon S

| {{Flagicon|Japan}} JAXA

|Flyby

colspan="5" |Lunar flyby toward asteroid 3200 Phaethon.
Griffin Mission 1{{Cite web |date=2021-04-13 |title=Astrobotic selects Falcon Heavy to launch NASA's VIPER lunar rover |url=https://spacenews.com/astrobotic-selects-falcon-heavy-to-launch-nasas-viper-lunar-rover/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210419082626/https://spacenews.com/astrobotic-selects-falcon-heavy-to-launch-nasas-viper-lunar-rover/ |archive-date=19 April 2021 |access-date=2021-04-13 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}

|Griffin lander

|2025{{Cite web |title=In an update on CLPS science, NASA's Joel Kearns noted that the launch of the @astrobotic Griffin lander is moving out of 2024 and to sometime in 2025, depending on their development schedule. It will still host NASA's VIPER as its primary payload. |url=https://x.com/w_robinsonsmith/status/1793699585745191066 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}

|Falcon Heavy

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Astrobotic Technology

|Lander

rowspan="2" |Artemis III Starship HLS delivery

|Starship HLS

|2026

|Starship

|{{Flagicon|USA}} SpaceX

|Lander

colspan="5" |Delivery of Starship HLS for Artemis III mission.
TBD (CLPS Lander){{Cite web |date=2024-02-27 |title=Moon to Mars Initiative: Trailblazer Stage 1 |url=https://business.gov.au/grants-and-programs/moon-to-mars-trailblazer |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=business.gov.au |language=en}}

|Moon to Mars Initiative: Trailblazer (Roo-ver){{cite web |date=6 December 2023 |title=Australia votes to name its 1st moon rover 'Roo-ver' |url=https://www.space.com/australia-names-first-lunar-rover-roo-ver |website=Space.com}}

|2026

|TBD

|{{Flagicon|Australia}} Australian Space Agency

|Rover

rowspan="4" | APEX 1.0

| APEX 1.0

| rowspan="3" |2026{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/ispace-revises-design-of-lunar-lander-for-nasa-clps-mission/ |title=Ispace revises design of lunar lander for NASA CLPS mission |work=SpaceNews |date=29 September 2023 |access-date=30 September 2023}}

| rowspan="3" | TBD

| {{Flagicon|USA}} ispace U.S.

{{Flagicon|USA}} Draper

|Lander

Lunar Relay Satellite 1{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=2024-03-28 |title=Japanese lunar lander company ispace raises $53.5 million in stock sale |url=https://spacenews.com/japanese-lunar-lander-company-ispace-raises-53-5-million-in-stock-sale/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|USA}} ispace U.S.

{{Flagicon|USA}} Blue Canyon Technologies

|Relay Satellite

Lunar Relay Satellite 2

|Relay Satellite

colspan="5" |Lunar lander. ispace Mission 3, and mission CP-12 of the CLPS program.
rowspan="3" |Blue Ghost M2{{Cite web |date=17 March 2023 |title=NASA selects Firefly Aerospace for mission to moon's far side in 2026 |url=https://www.space.com/moon-far-side-mission-firefly-aerospace-2026 |website=Space.com}}

|Blue Ghost lander

| rowspan="2" |2026

| rowspan="2" |TBD

| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|USA}} Firefly Aerospace

|Lander

Elytra orbital vehicle

|Orbiter

colspan="5" |Second mission of Firefly Aerospace, part of CLPS, includes 2 stage variant of blue ghost.
rowspan="2" |Lunar Pathfinder

|Lunar Pathfinder

|2026

|TBD

|23px ESA

|Relay Satellite

colspan="5" |Lunar communications satellite to support future lunar missions.
rowspan="5" | Chang'e 7

| Chang'e 7 Orbiter

rowspan="4" | 2026{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=28 November 2022 |title=China outlines pathway for lunar and deep space exploration |url=https://spacenews.com/china-outlines-pathway-for-lunar-and-deep-space-exploration/ |access-date=29 November 2022 |work=SpaceNews}}

| rowspan="4" | Long March 5

| rowspan="4" | {{Flagicon|China}} CNSA

|Orbiter

Chang'e 7 Lander

|Lander

Chang'e 7 Rover

|Rover

Chang'e 7 Hopper

|Hopper

colspan="5" |Payloads include an orbiter, south pole lander, rover, and a mini flying probe to look for the presence of water-ice.
rowspan="2" |Starship cargo mission

|Starship HLS

|2026

|Starship

|{{Flagicon|USA}} SpaceX

|Lander

colspan="5" |First SpaceX lunar cargo mission, yet to be announced by SpaceX itself.
rowspan="2" |FLEX{{Cite web |title=A Big Rover Aims to Be Like 'UPS for the Moon' |url=https://news.yahoo.com/big-rover-aims-ups-moon-140651702.html |website=Yahoo News}}

|FLEX

|2026

|Starship

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Astrolab

|Rover

colspan="5" |Large Lunar rover, can accommodate cargo and 2 astronauts.
rowspan="4" |Astrobotic mission 3{{Cite web |date=25 April 2023 |title=Astrobotic Purchases Falcon Heavy Launch Services |url=https://www.astrobotic.com/astrobotic-purchases-falcon-heavy-launch-services/ |website=Astrobotic Technology}}

|TBA

| rowspan="3" |2026

| rowspan="3" |Falcon Heavy

| rowspan="3" |{{Flagicon|USA}} Astrobotic

|Lander

LunaGrid-Lite CubeRover

|Rover

Lunaris Platform{{Cite web |last=Chapla |first=Alivia |date=2024-07-23 |title=Orbital Space Announces Historic First Privately Funded Lunar Mission from the Arab World |url=https://www.astrobotic.com/orbital-space-announces-historic-first-privately-funded-lunar-mission-from-the-arab-world/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Astrobotic |language=en-US}}

|Deployable platform

colspan="5" |Third lunar mission by Astrobotic, will land at lunar south pole. LunaGrid-Lite mission.
rowspan="2" |Canadian lunar rover mission

|Canadensys Lunar Rover

|2026

|TBD

|{{Flagicon|Canada}} Canadensys

{{Flagicon|Canada}} CSA

|Rover

colspan="5" |First Canadian lunar rover. Will fly as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.{{cite web |url=https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronomy/moon-exploration/first-canadian-rover-to-explore-the-moon.asp |title=First Canadian rover to explore the Moon |work=CSA |date=9 January 2023 |access-date=24 September 2023}}
rowspan="4" |ZeusX

|ZeusX service module

| rowspan="3" |Q4 2027

| rowspan="3" |TBD

| rowspan="3" |{{Flagicon|Singapore}} Qosmosys

|Orbiter

ZeusX lunar lander

|Lander

LIBER

|Rover

colspan="5" |First lunar landing attempt for Singapore, lander can carry up to 800 kg to lunar surface.
rowspan="2" |Luna 26

|Luna 26

|2027{{cite web |date=19 July 2023 |title=Ученый сообщил об активном ходе работ по импортозамещению комплектующих "Луны-27" |trans-title=The scientist reported on the active progress of work on import substitution of Luna-27 components |url=https://tass.ru/kosmos/18307283 |access-date=27 July 2023 |work=TASS |language=ru}}

|Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat

|{{Flagicon|Russia}} Roscosmos

|Orbiter

colspan="5" |Orbiter, part of the Luna-Glob programme.[http://www.iki.rssi.ru/eng/moon.htm Russian Moon exploration program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915114706/http://iki.rssi.ru/eng/moon.htm|date=15 September 2018}}. Russian Research Institute (IKI). 2017. Will scout for Luna 27 landing site.
rowspan="3" | PPE and HALO{{Cite web |last=Potter |first=Sean |date=9 February 2021 |title=NASA Awards Contract to Launch Initial Elements for Lunar Outpost |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-contract-to-launch-initial-elements-for-lunar-outpost |website=NASA}}

|PPE

| rowspan="2" |2027{{cite web |url=https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106878 |title=Artemis Programs: NASA Should Document and Communicate Plans to Address Gateway's Mass Risk |work=GAO |date=31 July 2024 |access-date=31 July 2024}}

| rowspan="2" | Falcon Heavy

| rowspan="2" | {{Flagicon|USA}} NASA

{{Flagicon|USA}}Northrop Grumman

| rowspan="2" |Space station assembly

HALO
colspan="5" |First two Lunar Gateway modules.
Chandrayaan-4

| Chandrayaan-4

| 2027–2028{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://spacenews.com/india-to-target-moons-south-pole-with-sample-return-mission/ |title=India to target moon's south pole with sample return mission |work=SpaceNews |date=23 October 2024 |access-date=23 October 2024}}

| LVM3

| {{Flagicon|India}} ISRO

|Lander

rowspan="2" |Luna 27

|Luna 27

|2028

|Angara A5 / Fregat

|{{Flagicon|Russia}} Roscosmos

|Lander

colspan="5" |Lander, part of Luna-Glob programme.
rowspan="5" | Chang'e 8

| Chang'e 8 Orbiter

rowspan="4" | 2028{{Cite news |last=Chen |first=Stephen |date=2021-12-29 |title=China speeds up moon base plan in space race against the US |website=South China Morning Post |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3161324/china-speeds-moon-base-plan-space-race-against-us?module=inline&pgtype=article |url-status=live |access-date=2022-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821011202/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3161324/china-speeds-moon-base-plan-space-race-against-us?module=inline&pgtype=article |archive-date=21 August 2022}}rowspan="4" |Long March 5rowspan="4" | {{Flagicon|China}} CNSA

|Orbiter

Chang'e 8 Lander

|Lander

Chang'e 8 Rover

|Rover

Chang'e 8 Robot

|Hopper

colspan="5" |South pole lander.[http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/2018/copuos2018tech19E.pdf China's Deep Space Exploration Roadmap] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214163019/http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/2018/copuos2018tech19E.pdf|date=14 February 2019}}. 2018. Testing technology for using local resources and manufacturing with 3D printing.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=2021-12-29 |title=China has moon's south pole in its sights with 3 missions launching this decade |url=https://www.space.com/china-upcoming-moon-missions-details |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101194059/https://www.space.com/china-upcoming-moon-missions-details |archive-date=1 January 2022 |access-date=2022-01-01 |website=Space.com}}
rowspan="2" |SpaceX GLS-1{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=24 February 2023 |title=NASA plans to start work this year on first Gateway logistics mission |url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-plans-to-start-work-this-year-on-first-gateway-logistics-mission/}}

|Dragon XL

|2028

|Falcon Heavy

|{{Flagicon|USA}} SpaceX

|Resupply vehicle

colspan="5" |First resupply mission to Lunar Gateway.
rowspan="3" |Uncrewed Blue Moon Demo mission

|Blue Moon HLS

|2028

|New Glenn

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Blue Origin

|Lander

Cislunar Transporter

|2028

|New Glenn

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Lockheed Martin

|Transfer vehicle

colspan="5" |Demo mission of Blue Moon lander system in preparation for crewed landing in 2029.
rowspan="2" |Artemis IV Starship HLS delivery

|Starship HLS

|2028

|Starship

|{{Flagicon|USA}} SpaceX

|Lander

colspan="5" |Delivery of Starship HLS for Artemis IV mission.
rowspan="2" |Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX)

|LUPEX lander

| rowspan="2" |2028–2029

| rowspan="2" |H3

|{{Flagicon|India}} ISRO

|Lander

LUPEX rover

|{{Flagicon|Japan}} JAXA

|Rover

rowspan="3" |Artemis V Blue Moon HLS delivery

|Blue Moon HLS

|2029

|New Glenn

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Blue Origin

|Lander

Cislunar Transporter

|2029

|New Glenn

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Lockheed Martin

|Transfer vehicle

colspan="5" |Delivery of Blue Moon HLS for Artemis V mission.
rowspan="2" |Argonaut M1

|Argonaut Lander

|2031{{cite web |last=Parsonson |first=Andrew |url=https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-targets-2031-for-first-argonaut-lunar-lander-mission/ |title=ESA Targets 2031 for First Argonaut Lunar Lander Mission |work=European Spaceflight |date=17 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024}}

|Ariane 64

|23px ESA

|Lander

colspan="5" |Robotic Lander system. Will act as resupply vehicle for future Moonbase.{{cite journal |last1=Hiesinger |first1=H. |last2=Landgraf |first2=M. |last3=Carey |first3=W. |last4=Karouji |first4=Y. |last5=Haltigin |first5=T. |last6=Osinski |first6=G. |last7=Mall |first7=U. |last8=Hashizume |first8=K. |author9=Heracles Science Working Group |author10=Heracles International Science Definition Team |title=HERACLES: An ESA-JAXA-CSA Joint Study on Returning to the Moon |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019LPI....50.1327H/abstract |journal=50th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference |date=2019 |issue=2132|page=1327 |bibcode=2019LPI....50.1327H }}
rowspan="3" |KLEP

|KLLR Lander

| rowspan="2" |NET NET 2032

| rowspan="2" |KSLV-III

| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|KOR}} KARI

|Lander

KLLR Rover

|Rover

colspan="5" |Second mission of the Korean Lunar Exploration Program.{{Cite news |date=4 November 2024 |title=2032년 독자 달 착륙선 보낸다…달탐사 2단계 사업 본격 추진 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20241104059600017 |work=Yonhap News |publisher=}}
rowspan="2" |Lunar Voyage 3{{Cite web |title=Missions |url=https://www.lunaroutpost.com/s-projects-side-by-side |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Lunar Outpost |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=4 fully-funded missions on the horizon |url=https://twitter.com/LunarOutpostInc/status/1773037179159068861 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Twitter}}

|Mapp

|TBA

|TBA

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Lunar Outpost

|Rover

colspan="5" |First fully commercial mission of Lunar Outpost MAPP program.

== Crewed ==

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class="wikitable sticky-header"
Agency or company

! Name

! Spacecraft

! Launch date

! Launch vehicle

! Notes

{{Flagicon|USA}} NASA

{{Flagicon|Canada}} CSA

| Artemis II

|Orion

| April 2026{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-further-delays-next-artemis-missions/ |title=NASA further delays next Artemis missions |work=spacenews.com |date=5 December 2024 |access-date=6 December 2024}}

| SLS Block 1

| Crewed test of the Orion spacecraft on a free-return trajectory around the Moon.

{{Flagicon|USA}} NASA

| Artemis III

|Orion, Starship HLS

| mid-2027

| SLS Block 1

| Deliver the "first woman and next man" to the Moon.

{{Flagicon|USA}} 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.

{{Flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Artemis V

|Orion, Blue Moon HLS

|March 2030{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fy-2025-budget-request-summary-updated.pdf |title=FY 2025 Budget Request {{!}} FY 2025 President's Budget Request Moon to Mars Manifest |page=6 |work=NASA |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=27 July 2024}}

|SLS Block 1B

|Crewed Gateway and Surface expedition. Delivery of ESPRIT and Lunar Terrain Vehicle.

{{Flagicon|China}} CNSA

|Chinese crewed lunar mission

|Mengzhou,
Lanyue

| ~2030{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://spacenews.com/china-on-track-for-crewed-moon-landing-by-2030-space-official-says/ |title=China on track for crewed moon landing by 2030, space official says |work=SpaceNews |date=24 April 2024 |access-date=27 July 2024}}

| Long March 10

| Two launches of LM-10 to put a pair of astronauts on the Moon for a 6-hour stay.

{{Flagicon|USA}} NASA

|Artemis VI

|Orion, TBD

|March 2031{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-planning-to-spend-up-to-1-billion-on-space-station-deorbit-module/|title=NASA planning to spend up to $1 billion on space station deorbit module|first=Jeff|last=Foust|date=13 March 2023}}

|SLS Block 1B

|Lunar landing with delivery of Crew and Science Airlock module.

= Proposed but full funding still unclear =

== Robotic and crewed ==

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

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Agency or companyMission

!Name of spacecraft

Proposed launchNotes
{{Flagicon|Canada}} GEC

| colspan="2" | Doge-1{{Cite web |title=Will Geometric Energy Corporation and SpaceX Use Artificial Intelligence in the Doge-1 Mission to the Moon? |url=https://www.wicz.com/story/48342952/will-geometric-energy-corporation-and-spacex-use-artificial-intelligence-in-the-doge-1-mission-to-the-moon |website=www.wicz.com |access-date=17 March 2023 |archive-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317182329/https://www.wicz.com/story/48342952/will-geometric-energy-corporation-and-spacex-use-artificial-intelligence-in-the-doge-1-mission-to-the-moon |url-status=dead }}

|TBA

|12U CubeSat, the mission is being paid for entirely with the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. First Canadian lunar mission.

rowspan="3" |{{Flagicon|Israel}} SpaceIL

| rowspan="3" |Beresheet 2{{Cite news |author=Mark R. Whittington |date=12 February 2023 |title=Beresheet 2: The latest in America's inclusive return to the moon |newspaper=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3854290-beresheet-2-the-latest-in-americas-inclusive-return-to-the-moon/}}

|Orbiter

| rowspan="3" |2025

| rowspan="3" |One orbiter, two landers.

Lander 1
Lander 2
{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Airvantiscolspan="2" | Garatéa-L

| 2025{{Cite web|url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/ciencia-e-saude/2022/08/5028275-conheca-a-garatea-l-missao-que-pretende-levar-o-brasil-a-lua-em-2025.html|title=Conheça a Garatéa-L, missão que pretende levar o Brasil à Lua em 2025|date=2022-08-10|access-date=2022-10-09|language=pt-br|archive-date=14 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814185611/https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/ciencia-e-saude/2022/08/5028275-conheca-a-garatea-l-missao-que-pretende-levar-o-brasil-a-lua-em-2025.html|url-status=live}}

| Proposed lunar CubeSat, Partnership between UKSA and ESA.

{{Flagicon|Germany}} OHB

{{Flagicon|Israel}} IAI

| colspan="2" |LSAS lander

|2025

|proposed commercial lander, will rideshare with a Geostationary satellite.

{{Flagicon|USA}} Parsec

| colspan="2" |Parsec lunar satellites

|2025

|Parsec lunar communication constellation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2021/lunar-communication-and-navigation-network.html|title=Parsec™ Service from Lockheed Martin|website=Lockheed Martin}}

{{Flagicon|Turkey}} Turkish Space Agency

| colspan="2" |AYAP-1

|2026

|Turkey will perform a hard landing on the Moon.

23px ESA

| colspan="2" |Lunar Meteoroid Impact Observer

|2026

|Proposed CubeSat to observe asteroid impacts on Far side of Moon.

{{Flagicon|Australia}} Australian Space Agency

| colspan="2" |Lunar Trailblazer

|2026

|Under study for possible rover mission

{{Flagicon|Holland}} Delft University of Technology

| colspan="2" |Lunar zebro

|2026

|Small swarming rover, radiation measurements

rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|Turkey}} Turkish Space Agency

| rowspan="2" |AYAP-2

|Lander

| rowspan="2" |2028

| rowspan="2" |Soft landing mission

Rover
{{Flagicon|Russia}} Roscosmos

| colspan="2" | Luna 28

| 2030{{cite tweet |author=Katya Pavlushchnko |user=katlinegrey |number=1689922853607550976 |title=Yuri Borisov: Roscosmos plans to launch #Luna26 in 2027, Luna-27 - in 2028, and Luna-28 - in 2030 or later. After that, the next goal will be a crewed mission to the Moon. |date=11 August 2023}}

| Proposed sample-return mission, part of Luna-Glob program, may include a small rover.

rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|Russia}} Roscosmos

| rowspan="2" |Luna 29

|Luna 29 Lander

| rowspan="2" |2030s

| rowspan="2" |Proposed sample-return mission, part of Luna-Glob program, Will include Luna-Grunt rover.

Luna-Grunt rover
{{Flagicon|Russia}} Roscosmos

| colspan="2" |Zeus

|2030

|Nuclear Propelled Space Tug, might deliver payloads to the moon

{{Flagicon|China}} CNSA

{{Flagicon|Russia}} Roscosmos

| colspan="2" | 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

{{Flagicon|India}} ISRO

| colspan="2" | Indian Lunar Crewed Mission

|~2040{{Cite news|last=Kuthunur|first=Sharmila|date=18 October 2023|title=India wants to land astronauts on moon in 2040|url=https://www.space.com/india-land-astronaut-moon-2040 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223092227/https://www.space.com/india-land-astronaut-moon-2040|archive-date=23 February 2024|access-date=15 December 2023|work=Space.com }}

|National effort to send an Indian astronaut to the moon

{{Flagicon|USA}} NASAcolspan="2" | BOLAS

| TBD

| 2 tethered CubeSats on a very low lunar orbit.[https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/2394.pdf Bi-Sat Observations of the Lunar Atmosphere Above Swirls (BOLAS): Tethered SmallSat Investigation of Hydration and Space Weathering Processes at the Moon]. (PDF) Stubbs, T. J.; Malphrus, B. K.; Hoyt, R., etal. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; 19–23 March 2018 at The Woodlands, Texas, USA.

{{Flagicon|Canada}} Magellan Aerospacecolspan="2" | Autonomous Impactor for Lunar Exploration

| TBD

| Impactor for LEAP

{{Flagicon|USA}} NASAcolspan="2" | Lunar Crater Radio Telescope

| TBD

| Radio telescope made by 4 rovers

{{Flagicon|USA}} LiftPort Groupcolspan="2" | Lunar space elevator

| TBD

| Creating a reusable, replaceable and expandable Lunar elevator to open up the resources present on the Moon

{{Flagicon|Czechia}} ESC Aerospace

| colspan="2" |LVICE²

|TBD

|Measuring the concentration of micrometeorites{{Cite web|url=https://lvice2.cz/en/o-misi/|title=About the mission|author=|publisher=esc Aerospace|date=2023|access-date=2023-03-27|language=en}}

Lunar Rovers

{{Excerpt|List of rovers on extraterrestrial bodies|Moon}}

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.{{cite book|author1=Brian Harvey|author2=Olga Zakutnyaya|title=Russian Space Probes: Scientific Discoveries and Future Missions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q6qyVkapjeoC&pg=PA211|year=2011|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4419-8150-9|pages=211–}}

= 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.{{Cite news |last=Times |first=Richard D. Lyons Special to The New York |date=1970-09-03 |title=2 MOON LANDINGS DROPPED BY NASA IN ECONOMY MOVE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/03/archives/2-moon-landings-dropped-by-nasa-in-economy-move-space-officials-say.html |access-date=2024-03-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

= 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/science/Constellation-program | title=Constellation program | Spacecraft, History, & Facts | Britannica }}

= 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.[https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/27/17287154/nasa-lunar-surface-robotic-mission-resource-prospector-moon NASA scraps a lunar surface mission — just as it's supposed to focus on a Moon return] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103060941/https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/27/17287154/nasa-lunar-surface-robotic-mission-resource-prospector-moon |date=3 November 2018 }} Loren Grush, The Verge April 27, 2018
  • 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.{{cite web|date=2020-10-25|title=How ISRO modified a lunar orbiter into Mars orbiter Mangalyaan, India's "Moon Man" recalls|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/how-isro-modified-a-lunar-orbiter-into-mars-orbiter-mangalyaan-indias-moon-man-recalls-2320097.html|access-date=2020-10-25|publisher=Zee News|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026115248/https://zeenews.india.com/india/how-isro-modified-a-lunar-orbiter-into-mars-orbiter-mangalyaan-indias-moon-man-recalls-2320097.html|url-status=live}} India would later go on to develop and launch its Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-3 mission, using an indigenously developed lander.

=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{{cite web | url=https://www.space.com/japanese-billionaire-cancels-spacex-starship-moon-dearmoon-flight | title=Japanese billionaire cancels private flight around the moon on SpaceX's giant Starship | website=Space.com | date=June 2024 }}
  • VIPER – NASA rover that would have performed a survey expedition on a polar region of the Moon. It was canceled in July 2024.{{Cite web |title=NASA Ends VIPER Project, Continues Moon Exploration - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-ends-viper-project-continues-moon-exploration/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |language=en-US}}

See also

Notes

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