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list of artificial objects on the Moon

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This is a partial list of artificial materials left on the Moon, many during the missions of the Apollo program. The table below does not include lesser Apollo mission artificial objects, such as a hammer and other tools, retroreflectors, Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Packages, or the commemorative, artistic, and personal objects left by the twelve Apollo astronauts, such as the United States flags, the commemorative plaques attached to the ladders of the six Apollo Lunar Modules, the silver astronaut pin left by Alan Bean in honor of Clifton C. Williams whom he replaced, the Bible left by David Scott, the Fallen Astronaut statuette and memorial plaque placed by the crew of Apollo 15, the Apollo 11 goodwill messages disc, or the golf balls{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Scott |date=2023-06-02 |title=How Many Golf Balls Are On The Moon? |url=https://golfercraze.com/how-many-golf-balls-are-on-the-moon/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=golfercraze.com |language=en-US}} Alan Shepard hit during an Apollo 14 moonwalk.

Five S-IVB third stages of Saturn V rockets from the Apollo program crashed into the Moon, and are the heaviest human-made objects on the lunar surface. Humans have left over {{convert|187,400|kg|lb}} of material on the Moon. Besides the 2019 Chang'e 4 and SLIM missions, the only artificial objects on the Moon that are still in use are the retroreflectors for the Lunar Laser Ranging experiments left there by the Apollo 11, 14, and 15 astronauts, Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander, and by the Soviet Union's Lunokhod 1 and Lunokhod 2 missions.[https://books.google.com/books?id=aq_uDo2shjAC&pg=PA300 Slava G. Turyshev – From Quantum to Cosmos: Fundamental Physics Research in Space (2009) – Page 300]

Objects at greater than 90 degrees east or west are on the far side of the Moon, including Ranger 4, Lunar Orbiter 1, Lunar Orbiter 2, Lunar Orbiter 3, Chang'e 4 lander and Yutu-2 rover.

Because of increasing numbers of missions to and objects at the Moon, a global registry of lunar activities has been proposed in 2023 by the Open Lunar Foundation.{{cite web | title=Launch Event Video: Bright Moon - Creating a Global Registry of Lunar Activities April 23 | website=Open Lunar Foundation | date=2023-05-08 | url=https://www.openlunar.org/library/launch-event-bright-moon | access-date=2023-06-14}}

List

= Legend =

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style="background:" colspan="2" | Colors
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| Crashed (unintentionally)

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| Impactor or post-mission crashed

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| Landed

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| Operational

=Table of objects=

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class="wikitable sortable sticky-header static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
align=left | Artificial object

! align=center | Image

! align=center | Country

! align=center | Year

! align=center | Mass (lb)

! align=center | Mass (kg)

! align=left | Status

! align=right | Location

! align=right | Notes

Luna 2

| File:Luna 1 - 2 Spacecraft.png

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1959

| align=right | {{convert|390|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 390

| align=left | Impactor

| align=left | {{Coord|29.1|N|0|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-014A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 2|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Luna 2
Third stage of Vostok rocket

| File:Block-E rocket stage.png

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1959

| align=right | {{convert|9100|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 9,100

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|29.1|N|0|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-014A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 2|access-date = 2015-07-16}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

| Ranger 4

|File:1964 71394L.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1962

| align=right | {{convert|331|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 331

| align=left | Crashed (controlled impact failed)

| align=left | {{Coord|15.5|S|130.7|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1962-012A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Ranger 4|access-date = 2010-12-23}}

Ranger 6

|File:The Ranger Spacecraft GPN-2000-001979.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1964

| align=right | {{convert|381|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 381

| align=left | Impactor

| align=left | {{Coord|9.358|N| 21.480|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-007A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Ranger 6|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Ranger 7

|File:The Ranger Spacecraft GPN-2000-001979.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1964

| align=right | {{convert|365|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 365

| align=left | Impactor

| align=left | {{Coord|10.63|S|20.60|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-041A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Ranger 7|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

| Luna 5

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1965

| align=right | {{convert|1474|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,474

| align=left | Crashed

| align=left | {{Coord|8|N|23|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-036A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 5|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

| Luna 7

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1965

| align=right | {{convert|1504|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,504

| align=left | Crashed

| align=left | {{Coord|9.8|N|47.8|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-077A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 7|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

| Luna 8

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1965

| align=right | {{convert|1552|kg|lb|disp=number}} (launch mass)

| align=right | 1552 (launch mass)

| align=left | Crashed

| align=left | {{Coord|9.1|N|63.3|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-099A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 8|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Ranger 8

|File:The Ranger Spacecraft GPN-2000-001979.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1965

| align=right | {{convert|367|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 367

| align=left | Impactor

| align=left | {{Coord|2.638|N|24.787|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-010A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Ranger 8|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Ranger 9

|File:The Ranger Spacecraft GPN-2000-001979.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1965

| align=right | {{convert|367|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 367

| align=left | Impactor

| align=left | {{Coord|12.828|S|2.387|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-023A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Ranger 9|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Luna 9 spacecraft/descent stageFile:Luna 9 Musee du Bourget P1010505.JPG

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1966

| align=right | {{convert|1538|kg|lb|disp=number}} (before lander capsule ejection)

| align=right | 1538 (before lander capsule ejection)

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|7.08|N|64.37|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-006A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 9|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Luna 9 Automated Lunar Station (ALS) airbag and lander capsule

File:Luna-9 model.jpg

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1966

| align=right | {{convert|99|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 99

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|7.08|N|64.37|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center|

Luna 10

| File:Luna 10 Musee du Bourget P1010504.JPG

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1966

| align=right | {{convert|1600|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,600

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1|Spacecraft was in lunar orbit but is assumed to have decayed from orbit and crashed into the Moon, location unknown.}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-027A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 10|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Luna 11

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1966

| align=right | {{convert|1640|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,640

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-078A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 11|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Luna 12

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1966

| align=right | {{convert|1670|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,670

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-094A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 12|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Surveyor 1 (separate from descent stage)

|File:Surveyor NASA lunar lander.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1966

| align=right | {{convert|270|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 270

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|2.474|S|43.339|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-045A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Surveyor 1|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Luna 13 (separate from descent stage)

| File:Luna13 lander vsm.jpg

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1966

| align=right | {{convert|113|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 113

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|18.87|N|62.05|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-116A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 13|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Lunar Orbiter 1

| File:Lunar Orbiter Engineering Mock-up.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1966

| align=right | {{convert|386|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 386

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|6.70|N|162|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-073A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Lunar Orbiter 1|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

| Surveyor 2

|File:Surveyor NASA lunar lander.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1966

| align=right | {{convert|292|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 292

| align=left | Crashed

| align=left | {{Coord|5.5|N|12|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-084A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Surveyor 2|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Lunar Orbiter 2

|File:Lunar Orbiter Engineering Mock-up.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1966

| align=right | {{convert|385|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 385

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|3.0|N|119|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-100A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Lunar Orbiter 2|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Lunar Orbiter 3

| File:Lunar Orbiter Engineering Mock-up.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1966

| align=right | {{convert|386|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 386

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|14.3|N|97.7|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-008A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Lunar Orbiter 3|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Surveyor 3 (separate from descent stage)

| File:Surveyor 3 on the Moon.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1967

| align=right | {{convert|281|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 281

| align=left | Landed{{efn|Portions recovered by Apollo 12 in 1969: it returned about {{convert|10|kg}} of the Surveyor 3's original landing mass of {{convert|302|kg}} to Earth to study the effects of long term exposure.}}

| align=left | {{Coord|3.015|S|23.418|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-035A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Surveyor 3|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Lunar Orbiter 4

| File:Lunar Orbiter Engineering Mock-up.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1967

| align=right | {{convert|386|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 386

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-041A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Lunar Orbiter 4|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

| Surveyor 4

|File:Surveyor NASA lunar lander.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1967

| align=right | {{convert|283|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 283

| align=left | Crashed

| align=left | {{Coord|0.4|N|1.33|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-068A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Surveyor 4|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Explorer 35

| File:IMP-E.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1967

| align=right | {{convert|104|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 104

| align=left | Crashed
(post mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-070A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Explorer 35 (IMP-E)|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Lunar Orbiter 5

|File:Lunar Orbiter Engineering Mock-up.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1967

| align=right | {{convert|386|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 386

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|3|S|83|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-075A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Lunar Orbiter 5|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Surveyor 5 (separate from descent stage)

|File:Surveyor NASA lunar lander.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1967

| align=right | {{convert|281|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 281

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|1.461|N|23.195|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-084A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Surveyor 5|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Surveyor 6 (separate from descent stage)

|File:Surveyor NASA lunar lander.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1967

| align=right | {{convert|282|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 282

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|0.49|N|1.40|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-112A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Surveyor 6|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Surveyor 7 (separate from descent stage)

|File:Surveyor NASA lunar lander.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1968

| align=right | {{convert|290|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 290

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|40.86|S|11.47|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-001A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Surveyor 7|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Luna 14

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1968

| align=right | {{convert|1670|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,670

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-027A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 14|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

Apollo 10
LM-4 Snoopy descent stage

|File:LEM-linedrawing.png

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1969

| align=right | {{convert|2211|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,211

| align=left | Likely crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-043A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 10 LM(Snoopy) descent stage|access-date = 2010-12-24}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Apollo 11
LM-5 Eagle descent stage

| File:Apollo 11 Lunar Lander - 5927 NASA.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1969

| align=right | {{convert|2034|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,034

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|0.6741|N|23.4730|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-059C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 11 LM descent stage|access-date = 2010-12-25}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

| Luna 15

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1969

| align=right | {{convert|2718|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,718

| align=left | Crashed

| align=left | Unknown

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-058A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 15|access-date = 2010-12-25}}

Apollo 11
LM-5 Eagle ascent stage{{efn|name=note2|The ascent stage of Apollo 10 was commanded to fire its engine, left lunar orbit and entered solar orbit. The ascent stage of Apollo 11 was left in orbit and thereafter its orbit possibly decayed and it crashed onto the Moon at an unknown location. The Apollo 16 ascent stage failed to crash onto moon when commanded and it decayed from orbit at a later date and also crashed at an unknown location. The ascent stages of the remaining successful missions (Apollo 12, 14, 15, and 17) were each deliberately crashed onto the Moon. Apollo 13's complete Apollo Lunar Module re-entered Earth's atmosphere after having served as a lifeboat during the aborted mission.}}

|File:Apollo 17 LM Ascent Stage.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1969

| align=right | {{convert|2184|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,184

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission) or in orbit

| align=left | Unknown

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-059C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 11 LM ascent stage|access-date = 2010-12-25}}{{cite web|url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/new-evidence-suggests-apollo-11s-lunar-ascent-module-could-still-be-orbiting|title=New Evidence Suggests Apollo 11's Lunar Ascent Module Could Still Be Orbiting the Moon|access-date=2023-10-25}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Apollo 12
LM-6 Intrepid descent stage

|File:Bean Descends Intrepid - GPN-2000-001317.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1969

| align=right | {{convert|2211|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,211

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|3.0124|S|23.4216|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-099C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 12 LM descent stage|access-date = 2010-12-25}}

Apollo 12
LM-6 Intrepid ascent stage{{efn|name=note2}}

|File:Apollo 17 LM Ascent Stage.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1969

| align=right | {{convert|2164|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,164

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|3.94|S|21.20|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-099C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 12 LM ascent stage|access-date = 2010-12-25}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Luna 16 descent stage{{efn|name=note3|Luna program sample return mission; mass listed is for both ascent and descent stages, though only the descent stage was left on the Moon.}}

|File:Luna 16.jpg

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1970

| align=right | {{convert|1380|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,380

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|0.68|S|56.3|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1970-072A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 16 descent stage |access-date = 2010-12-25}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Luna 17 and Lunokhod 1

|File:Луноход.JPG

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1970

| align=right | {{convert|5600|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 5,600

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|38.28|N|35.0|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1970-095A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 17/Lunokhod 1 |access-date = 2010-12-25}}

Apollo 13
S-IVB (S-IVB-508)Astronautix.com, [http://www.astronautix.com/flights/apollo13.htm Apollo 13] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040104212104/http://www.astronautix.com/flights/apollo13.htm |date=2004-01-04 }}: The S-IVB/IU impacted the lunar surface at 8:10 p.m. EST on April 14 at a speed of 259 meters per second (incorrect, should probably be 2590 meters/sec), […] 137.1 kilometers from the Apollo 12 seismometer.

|File:AS17-148-22714 crop.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1970

| align=right | {{convert|13454|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 13,454

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|2.75|S|27.86|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1970-029B|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 13 S-IVB |access-date = 2010-12-25}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

| Luna 18

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1971

| align=right | {{convert|1880|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,880

| align=left | Crashed

| align=left | {{Coord|3.57|N|56.5|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-073A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 18 |access-date = 2010-12-25}}

Luna 19

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1971

| align=right | {{convert|1880|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,880

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-082A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 19 |access-date = 2010-12-25}}

Apollo 14
S-IVB (S-IVB-509)

|File:AS17-148-22714 crop.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1971

| align=right | {{convert|14016|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 14,016

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|8.09|S|26.02|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-008B|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 14 SIVB|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Apollo 14
LM-8 Antares descent stage

|File:LRO Apollo14 landing site 369228main ap14labeled 540.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1971

| align=right | {{convert|2144|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,144

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|3.6453|S|17.4714|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-008C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 14 LM descent stage|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

Apollo 14
LM-8 Antares ascent stage{{efn|name=note2}}

|File:Apollo 17 LM Ascent Stage.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1971

| align=right | {{convert|2134|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,132

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|3.42|S|19.67|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-008C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 14 LM ascent stage|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

Apollo 15
S-IVB (S-IVB-510)

|File:AS17-148-22714 crop.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1971

| align=right | {{convert|14036|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 14,036

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|1.51|S|11.81|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-063B|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 15 SIVB|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Apollo 15
LM-10 Falcon descent stage

|File:Apollo16LM.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1971

| align=right | {{convert|2809|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,809

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|26.1322|N|3.6339|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-063C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 15 LM descent stage|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Apollo 15
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV-1)

|File:Apollo15LunarRover.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1971

| align=right | {{convert|210|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 210

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|26.08|N|3.66|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center|

Apollo 15
LM-10 Falcon ascent stage{{efn|name=note2}}

|File:Apollo 17 LM Ascent Stage.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1971

| align=right | {{convert|2132|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,132

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|26.36|N|0.25|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-063C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 15 LM ascent stage|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

Apollo 15 subsatellite

|File:Apollo 15 Subsatellite.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1971

| align=right | {{convert|36|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 36

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-063D|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 15 subsatellite|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Luna 20 descent stage{{efn|name=note3}}

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1972

| align=right | {{sort|12626|<12,626}}

| align=right | {{sort|5727|<5,727}}

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|3.57|N|56.5|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-007A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 20|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

Apollo 16
S-IVB (S-IVB-511)

|File:AS17-148-22714 crop.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1972

| align=right | {{convert|14002|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 14,002

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|1.921|N|24.623|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{Cite web|url=http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/894|title=Found! Apollo 16 S-IVB Impact Crater {{!}} Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera|website=lroc.sese.asu.edu|access-date=2019-11-22}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Apollo 16
LM-11 Orion descent stage

|File:Apollo16LM.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1972

| align=right | {{convert|2765|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,765

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|8.9730|S|15.5002|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-031C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 16 descent stage|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Apollo 16
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV-2)

|File:AS16-110-18009 (21673657156).jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1972

| align=right | {{convert|210|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 210

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|8.97|S|15.51|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center|

Apollo 16
LM-11 Orion ascent stage{{efn|name=note2}}

|File:Apollo 17 LM Ascent Stage.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1972

| align=right | {{convert|2138|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,138

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-031C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 16 ascent stage|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

Apollo 16 subsatellite

|File:Apollo 15 Subsatellite.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1972

| align=right | {{convert|36|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 36

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-031D|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 16 Subsatellite|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

Apollo 17
S-IVB (S-IVB-512)

|File:AS17-148-22714 crop.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1972

| align=right | {{convert|13960|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 13,960

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|4.21|S|12.31|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-096B|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 17 S-IVB|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Apollo 17
LM-12 Challenger descent stage

|File:Apollo16LM.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1972

| align=right | {{convert|2798|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,798

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|20.1908|N|30.7717|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-096C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 17 descent stage|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Apollo 17
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV-3)

|File:Apollo 17 rover at final resting site.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1972

| align=right | {{convert|210|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 210

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|20.17|N|30.77|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center|

Apollo 17
LM-12 Challenger ascent stage{{efn|name=note2}}

|File:Apollo 17 LM Ascent Stage.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1972

| align=right | {{convert|2150|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,150

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|19.96|N|30.50|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-096C|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Apollo 17 ascent stage|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Luna 21 and Lunokhod 2{{efn|name=note4|Lander and rover weighed {{convert|4000|lb|kg|0}}; the rest assumed to have decayed in orbit and impacted the Moon.}}

|File:Luna and Lunokhod.png

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1973

| align=right | {{convert|4850|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 4,850

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|25.85|N|30.45|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1973-001A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 21/Lunokhod 2|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

Explorer 49 (RAE-B)

|File:RAE B.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1973

| align=right | {{convert|328|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 328

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1973-039A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Explorer 49/RAE-B|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

Luna 22

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1974

| align=right | {{convert|4000|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 4,000

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown{{efn|name=note1}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1974-037A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 22|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Luna 23

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1974

| align=right | {{convert|5600|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 5,600

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|12.75|N|62.20|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1974-084A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 23|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Luna 24 descent stage{{efn|name=note3}}

|

| {{flag|USSR}}

| align=center| 1976

| align=right | {{sort|12787|<12,787}}

| align=right | {{sort|5800|<5,800}}

| align=left | Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|12.75|N|62.20|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1976-081A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Luna 24|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

Hagoromo
Hiten{{efn|name=note5|Was injected into lunar orbit in 1990, assumed to have decayed from orbit.}}

| File:Hiten.gif

| {{flag|Japan}}

| align=center| 1990

| align=right | {{convert|12|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 12

| align=left | Crashed
(not confirmed/post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1990-007B|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Hagoromo/Hiten Orbiter|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

Hiten

| File:Hiten.gif

| {{flag|Japan}}

| align=center| 1993

| align=right | {{convert|143|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 143

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)/Impactor

| align=left | {{Coord|34.3|S|55.6|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1990-007A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Hiten|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

Lunar Prospector

| File:Lunar Prospector orbiter.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 1998

| align=right | {{convert|126|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 126

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|87.7|S|42.35|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1998-001A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Lunar Prospector|access-date = 2011-01-01}}{{cite web|url = http://research.ae.utexas.edu/cfpl/lunar/pressrelease/discussion.html|title = University of Texas Engineering News – Lunar Prospector Impact Location Estimate|access-date = 2011-01-01|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101229085520/http://research.ae.utexas.edu/cfpl/lunar/pressrelease/discussion.html|archive-date = 2010-12-29}}

SMART-1

| File:SMART-1 Impact flash.jpg

| Image:ESA logo simple.svg European Space Agency

| align=center| 2006

| align=right | {{convert|307|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 307

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|34.262|S|46.193|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url=http://astronomy.com/news/2017/09/a-lunar-orbiters-final-resting-place|title=New observations reveal a lunar orbiter's final resting place|last=Klesman|first=Alison|date=22 Sep 2017|website=Astronomy Magazine|access-date=27 Sep 2017}}

Moon Impact Probe (MIP)
Chandrayaan-1

| 80x80px

| {{flag|India}}

| align=center| 2008

| align=right | {{convert|35|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 35

| align=left | Impactor

| align=left | {{Coord|89.76|S|39.40|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{Cite web|url=http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/ser570E.pdf|title=Information furnished in conformity with the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space|date=10 November 2009|website=UNOOSA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328215138/http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/ser570E.pdf|archive-date=28 March 2019|access-date=28 March 2019}}{{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2008-052A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Moon Impact Probe / Chandrayaan 1|access-date = 2011-01-01}}{{cite web|url = http://www.flonnet.com/fl2720/stories/20101008272009000.htm|title = Frontline India's National Magazine – Moon Mystery – Moon Impact Probe impact coordinates|access-date = 2011-01-01|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110110072757/http://www.flonnet.com/fl2720/stories/20101008272009000.htm|archive-date = 2011-01-10|url-status = dead}}

SELENE Rstar (Okina)

|

| {{flag|Japan}}

| align=center| 2009

| align=right | {{convert|53|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 53

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|28.213|N|159.033|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/02/20090218_sac_kaguya.pdf|title = JAXA Press Release (PDF)|language = ja|publisher = JAXA|date = 2009-02-18|access-date = 2009-02-20}}{{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2007-039A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Okina (Rstar) – Kaguya|access-date = 2011-01-01}}{{cite web|url = http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/02/20090218_sac_kaguya.pdf|title = JAXA 18 February 2009 SELENE status – Okina (Rstar) impact estimate position – (page 3 in Japanese translated with Babelfish) |access-date = 2011-01-01}}

SELENE Vstar (Ouna)

|

| {{flag|Japan}}

| align=center| Unknown

| align=right | {{convert|53|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 53

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | Unknown

| align=center| {{cite web | title=NSSDCA — Spacecraft — Details | website=NASA | date=2023-10-20 | url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2007-039A | access-date=2023-10-20}}

Chang'e 1

| File:Chang'e-1 mockup at BASM.jpg

| {{flag|China}}

| align=center| 2009

| align=right | {{convert|2000|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,000

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|1.50|S|52.36|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url=http://ssedso.gsfc.nasa.gov/initiatives/lunar/LESWG/pubs_presentations/4thGM/bk_International_missions_lakew.ppt|title=Upcoming International Missions to the Moon|publisher=NASA|date=2007-01-11|access-date=2009-04-12|format=PPT|archive-date=2016-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228155650/http://ssedso.gsfc.nasa.gov/initiatives/lunar/LESWG/pubs_presentations/4thGM/bk_International_missions_lakew.ppt|url-status=dead}} / cf. 2.3t with fuel ({{cite web|url=http://claudelafleur.qc.ca/Spacecrafts-2007.html#Change-1|title=Spacecrafts [sic] launched in 2007|access-date=2009-04-12}}){{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2007-051A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – Chang'e 1|access-date = 2011-01-01}}{{cite web|url = http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90781/90876/6603492.html|title = China People's Daily Online, 2 March 2009 – Chang'e-1 impacts moon (coordinates) |access-date = 2011-01-01}}

SELENE (Kaguya) main orbiter

|

| {{flag|Japan}}

| align=center| 2009

| align=right | {{convert|1984|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,984

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|65.5|S|80.5|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url = http://www.jaxa.jp/topics/2009/06_e.html|title = JAXA HOT TOPICS|publisher = JAXA|date = 2009-06-11|access-date = 2009-06-11|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090607212035/http://www.jaxa.jp/topics/2009/06_e.html|archive-date = 2009-06-07}}{{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2007-039A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – KAGUYA (SELENE)|access-date = 2011-01-01}}{{cite web|url = http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/selene/index_e.html|title = JAXA Selenological & Engineering Explorer – KAGUYA (SELENE) impact coordinates|access-date = 2011-01-01|archive-date = 2013-10-24|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131024124342/http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/selene/index_e.html|url-status = dead}}

LCROSS Shepherding Spacecraft

| File:LCROSS Centaur.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 2009

| align=right | {{convert|700|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 700

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|84.729|S|49.36|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{efn|–2.36 miles (–3.80 km) in elevation (Cabeus crater).}}{{cite web|url = http://spacefellowship.com/2009/10/08/guide-to-seeing-the-lcross-lunar-impact/|title = Guide to Seeing the LCROSS Lunar Impact|access-date = 2009-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012222619/https://spacefellowship.com/2009/10/08/guide-to-seeing-the-lcross-lunar-impact/|archive-date=2009-10-12}}{{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2007-031B|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – LCROSS Shepherding Spacecraft|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

LCROSS Centaur

| File:LCROSS Centaur 1.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 2009

| align=right | {{convert|2270|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 2,270

| align=left | Impactor

| align=left | {{Coord|84.6780|S|48.6926|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{efn|–2.38 miles (–3.83 km) in elevation (Cabeus crater).}}{{cite journal|last1=Fassett|first1=C. I.|last2=Robinson|first2=M. S.|last3=Patterson|first3=G. W.|last4=Denevi|first4=B. W.|last5=Mahanti|first5=P.|last6=Mazarico|first6=E.|last7=Rivera-Valentín|first7=E. G.|last8=Turner|first8=F. S.|last9=Manheim|first9=M. R.|last10=Colaprete|first10=A.|date=2024-09-17|title=The LCROSS Impact Crater as Seen by ShadowCam and Mini-RF: Size, Context, and Excavation of Copernican Volatiles|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|volume=51|issue=18|doi=10.1029/2024GL110355|doi-access=free}}{{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2007-031D|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – LCROSS Centaur|access-date = 2011-01-01}}

GRAIL

| File:GRAIL.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 2012

| align=right | {{convert|133|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 133

| align=left | Crashed
(post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|75.62|N|26.63|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-396&cid=release_2012-396|title=NASA Probes Prepare for Mission-Ending Moon Impact|website=Jet Propulsion Laboratory|access-date=2012-12-13}}

style="background:#ddf2d8;

| Chang'e 3 lander

|

| {{flag|China}}

| align=center| 2013

| align=right | {{convert|1200|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,200

| align=left | Landed/operational{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2099696-chinas-jade-rabbit-moon-rover-dead-after-31-months-on-surface/|title = China's Jade Rabbit moon rover dead after 31 months on surface}}

| align=left | {{Lunar coords and quad cat|44.12|N|19.51|W}}

| align=center| {{cite news |last=Wall |first=Mike |url=http://www.space.com/28810-moon-history-chinese-lunar-rover.html?adbid=10152690360766466&adbpl=fb&adbpr=17610706465 |title=The Moon's History Is Surprisingly Complex, Chinese Rover Finds |work=Space.com |date=March 12, 2015 |access-date=13 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://gbtimes.com/chinas-telescope-moon-still-working-and-could-do-30-years|title=China's telescope on the Moon is still working, and could do for 30 years|publisher=GBTimes|author=Andrew Jones|access-date=2018-08-15|archive-date=2019-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517063331/https://gbtimes.com/chinas-telescope-moon-still-working-and-could-do-30-years|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=The Chang'e-3 lunar lander is still waking up after nearly five years on the Moon |url=https://gbtimes.com/the-change-3-lunar-lander-is-still-waking-up-after-nearly-five-years-on-the-moon |access-date=25 June 2018 |agency=GB Times |date=25 June 2018}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

| Chang'e 3
Yutu rover

| File:Yutu rover.jpg

| {{flag|China}}

| align=center| 2013

| align=right | {{convert|1200|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,200

| align=left | Landed{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2099696-chinas-jade-rabbit-moon-rover-dead-after-31-months-on-surface/|title = China's Jade Rabbit moon rover dead after 31 months on surface}}

| align=left | {{Lunar coords and quad cat|44.12|N|19.51|W}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url=https://gbtimes.com/chinas-telescope-moon-still-working-and-could-do-30-years|title=China's telescope on the Moon is still working, and could do for 30 years|publisher=GBTimes|author=Andrew Jones|access-date=2018-08-15|archive-date=2019-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517063331/https://gbtimes.com/chinas-telescope-moon-still-working-and-could-do-30-years|url-status=dead}}

LADEE

| File:LADEE fires small engines.jpg

| {{flag|United States|1960}}

| align=center| 2014

| align=right | {{convert|248|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 248

| align=left | Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|10.8|N|91.6|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center|

style="background:#ddf2d8;

| Chang'e 4 lander

| File:ChangE-4 - PCAM.png

| {{flag|China}}

| align=center| 2019

| align=right | {{convert|1200|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,200

| align=left | Landed/operational

| {{Sort|077.250|{{Coord|45.4561|S|177.5885|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url=http://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/1100|title=Topographic Map of the Chang'e 4 Site|last=Robinson|first=Mark|date=30 April 2019|access-date=7 Jan 2022|website=Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera}}

style="background:#ddf2d8;

| Chang'e 4
Yutu-2 rover

| File:ChangE-4, Yutu-2 (cropped).png

| {{flag|China}}

| align=center| 2019

| align=right | {{convert|1200|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,200

| align=left | Landed/operational

| {{Sort|077.250|{{Coord|45.4561|S|177.5885|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}}}

| align=center| {{cite web|url=http://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/1100|title=Topographic Map of the Chang'e 4 Site|last=Robinson|first=Mark|date=30 April 2019|access-date=7 Jan 2022|website=Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

| Beresheet

| File:Beresheet model on Habima Square 20190222 01.jpg

| {{flag|Israel}}

| align=center| 2019

| align=right | {{convert|150|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 150

| Crashed{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Mark |title=Beresheet Crash Site Spotted! |url=https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/1101 |website=www.lroc.asu.edu |access-date=30 May 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://phys.org/news/2019-05-israeli-spacecraft-beresheet-site-moon.html|title=Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crash site spotted on moon|website=phys.org|language=en-us|access-date=2019-05-30}}

| align=left | {{Coord|32.5956|N|19.3496|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center|

Longjiang-2

|

| {{flag|China}}

| align=center | 2019

| align=right | {{convert|47|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 47

| Crashed (post-mission){{Cite web|url=http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2019/longjiang-2-impacts-moon.html|title=Lunar Orbiter Longjiang-2 Smashes into Moon|website=www.planetary.org|language=en|access-date=2019-08-07}}

| {{Coord|16.6956|N|159.5170|E|globe:moon|display=inline|name=Longjiang-2 impact site}}

| align=center| {{Cite web|url=http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1132|title=Longjiang-2 Impact Site Found! {{!}} Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera|website=lroc.sese.asu.edu|access-date=2019-11-14}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

| Chandrayaan-2
Vikram lander
Pragyan rover

| File:GSLV_Mk_III_M1,_Chandrayaan-2_-_Pragyan_rover_mounted_on_the_ramp_of_Vikram_lander.jpg

| {{flag|India}}

| align=center| 2019

| align=right | {{convert|1471|kg|lb|disp=number}}

| align=right | 1,471

| Crashed{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/new-details-emerge-about-failed-lunar-landings/|title=New details emerge about failed lunar landings|date=2019-11-21|website=SpaceNews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-22}}

| align=left | {{Coord|70.8810|S|22.7840|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center| {{Cite web|url=http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1131|title=Vikram Lander Found {{!}} Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera|website=lroc.sese.asu.edu|access-date=2019-12-02}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

|Chang'e 5 descent stage

|

|{{flag|China}}

| align=center| 2020

| align=right |7,055

| align=right |3,200

|Landed

| align=left | {{Coord|43.0576|N|51.9161|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

|

Chang'e 5 ascent stage

|File:Chang'e-5 mockup at CSTM 03.jpg

|{{flag|China}}

| align=center| 2020

| align=right |>1543

| align=right |>700

| Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Coord|30.000|S|0.000|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

|

Chang'e 5-T1 third stage rocket

|

|{{flag|China}}

| align=center| 2022

| align=right |6100

| align=right |2,800

|Crashed (post-mission)

| rowspan="2" |{{coord|5.226|N|125.514|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| rowspan="2" | {{citation|url=http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1261|title=Mystery Rocket Body Found!|accessdate=30 June 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=13 February 2022 |title=Chinese rocket, not Falcon 9, linked to upper stage on lunar impact trajectory |url=https://spacenews.com/chinese-rocket-not-falcon-9-linked-to-upper-stage-on-lunar-impact-trajectory/ |access-date=5 March 2022}}

Manfred Memorial Moon Mission

|

|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}

| align=center| 2022

| align=right |31

| align=right |14

|Crashed (post-mission together with Chang'e 5-T1 third stage rocket)

style="background:#ffb7b7"

|Hakuto-R Mission 1

|File:Maquette de Hakuto-R IAC 2022.jpg

|{{Flag|Japan}}

| rowspan="2" align=center| 2023

| rowspan="2" align=right |750

| rowspan="2" align=right |340

| rowspan="2" |Crashed

| rowspan="2" align=left | {{Coord|47.581|N|44.094|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| rowspan="2" align=center| {{Cite web|url=http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1302|title=Impact Site of the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander|website=lroc.sese.asu.edu|access-date=2023-05-27}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

|Emirates Lunar Mission

|

|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

|Luna 25

|File:Maquette-Luna-Glob-Lander-b-DSC 0075.jpg

|{{flag|Russia}}

| align=center| 2023

| align=right | 3,860

| align=right | 1,750

| Crashed

| {{Coord|57.865|S|61.360|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center | {{cite web |last=Zak |first=Anatoly |url=https://www.russianspaceweb.com/luna-glob-flight.html |title=Luna-Glob mission lifts off |date=19 August 2023 |access-date=20 August 2023 |work=RussianSpaceWeb}}{{Cite web |last=Steigerwald |first=Bill |date=2023-08-30 |title=NASA's LRO Observes Crater Likely from Luna 25 Impact |url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/lro-luna-25-impact |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=NASA}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

|Chandrayaan-3
Vikram lander
Pragyan rover

|File:Chandrayaan-3 Integrated Module in clean-room 01.webp

|{{flag|India}}

| align=center| 2023

| align=right | 3,863

| align=right | 1,752

| Landed

| {{Coord|69.373|S|32.319|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center | {{Citation |title=Chandrayaan 3 – After The Landing What Happens Next? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=howp3hl5Zag |access-date=2023-08-28 |language=en}}{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://spacenews.com/chandrayaan-3-india-becomes-fourth-country-to-land-on-the-moon/ |title=Chandrayaan-3: India becomes fourth country to land on the moon |date=23 August 2023 |access-date=23 August 2023 |work=SpaceNews.com}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

|SLIM

|File:SLIM half scale model (cropped).png

|{{flag|Japan}}

| align=center| 2024

| align=right | 259.4

| align=right | 118.7

| Landed

|{{coords|13.316|S|25.251|E|globe:moon|display=inline|format=dec}}

| align=center |{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://spacenews.com/japan-makes-history-with-tense-successful-moon-landing/ |title=Japan makes history with tense, successful moon landing |date=19 January 2024 |access-date=19 January 2024 |work=SpaceNews.com}}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

|LEV-1

|

|{{flag|Japan}}

| align=center| 2024

| align=right | 4.6

| align=right | 2.1

| Landed

| {{coords|13.316|S|25.251|E|globe:moon|display=inline|format=dec}}

| align=center |

style="background:#FCF2CF"

|LEV-2

|

|{{flag|Japan}}

| align=center| 2024

| align=right | 0.55

| align=right | 0.25

| Landed

| {{coords|13.316|S|25.251|E|globe:moon|display=inline|format=dec}}

| align=center |

style="background:#FCF2CF"

|IM-1 Odysseus
EagleCam

|File:Intuitive_Machines’_Nova-C_lunar_lander_(IM_00309)_(cropped).jpg

|{{flag|United States}}

| align=center| 2024

| align=right | 4,206

| align=right | 1,903

| Landed

| {{Coord|84.9|S|12.9|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center | {{cite tweet|number=1760811461943722132|user=NASA|title=@Int_Machines uncrewed lunar lander landed at 6:23pm ET (2323 UTC), bringing NASA science to the Moon's surface. These instruments will prepare us for future human exploration of the Moon under #Artemis.|date=22 February 2024|access-date=22 February 2024}}

style="background:#fcf2cf"

|Chang'e 6 descent stage

|rowspan=2|

|{{flag|China}}

| align=center| 2024

| align=right|7,055

| align=right|3,200

| align=left rowspan=2|Landed

| align=left rowspan=2|{{Coord|41.6385|S|153.9852|W|globe:Moon|display=inline}}

| align=center rowspan=2|{{Cite web |url=https://www.lroc.asu.edu/images/1374 |title=First Look: Chang'e 6|date=2024-06-14|publisher=Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera |language=en |accessdate=2024-06-15 }}

style="background:#fcf2cf"

|Jinchan rover

|{{flag|China}}

| align=center| 2024

|align=right|11

|align=right|5

Chang'e 6 ascent stage

|File:Chang'e-5 mockup at CSTM 03.jpg

|{{flag|China}}

| align=center| 2024

| align=right |>1543

| align=right |>700

|Crashed (post-mission)

| align=left | {{Lunar coords and quad cat|39.0|S|180.0|E}}

|{{Cite web |url=https://x.com/SegerYU/status/1806851132729475264 |title=@SegerYu |author=Seger Yu |date=2024-06-29|publisher=X |language=zh-hans |accessdate=2024-06-29 }}

style="background:#FCF2CF"

|Blue Ghost M1

| frameless

|{{Flag|US}}

| 2025

|1034

|469

| Landed

|{{Lunar coords and quad cat|18.56|N|61.81|E}}

|{{cite web |url= https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=BLUEGHOST |title= Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Firefly) |website= nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |publisher= NASA |access-date= 2 March 2025 }}

style="background:#ffb7b7"

|Hakuto-R Mission 2 Resilience

| File:Maquette de Hakuto-R IAC 2022.jpg

|{{Flag|Japan}}

| rowspan="2" align=center| 2025

|750

|340

| rowspan="2" |Crashed

| rowspan="2" align=left |

| rowspan="2" align=center|

style="background:#ffb7b7"

|Tenacious rover

|

|{{flag|Luxembourg}}

|11

|5

style="background:#FCF2CF"

|IM-2 Athena
MAPP LV1
Micro-Nova
AstroAnt
Yaoki

|File:Intuitive_Machines’_Nova-C_lunar_lander_(IM_00309)_(cropped).jpg

|{{flag|United States}}

| align=center| 2025

| align=right | 4,231

| align=right | 1,919

| Landed

| {{Lunar coords and quad cat|85|S|31|W}}

| align=center |

class="sortbottom static-row-header"

! colspan="4" align="left" | Total estimated dry mass

! align="right" | 482,435

! align="right" | 218,829

! colspan="3" align="left" | 40 major objects landed softly

Image gallery

File:Moon landing map.jpg|Map of the Moon showing some landing sites. (Click to enlarge)

File:Surveyor 3 on the Moon.jpg|Surveyor 3 on the Moon, photographed by Alan Bean during Apollo 12 (1969)

File:Lunar retroreflector locations.jpg|Locations of retro reflector experiments

File:Apollo 11 Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment.jpg|Lunar Laser Ranging experiment (LRRR)

File:Moon Soft Landings.svg|Map of all soft landings

See also

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Notes

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External links

  • [https://history.nasa.gov/FINAL%20Catalogue%20of%20Manmade%20Material%20on%20the%20Moon.pdf NASA catalogue of manmade material on the Moon]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131205190556/http://spacegrant.nmsu.edu/lunarlegacies/artifactlist.html List of Apollo 11 artifacts on the Moon]
  • [http://lunarlitter.com/ Lunar Litter: A short film about debris left behind on crewed Moon missions]

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