Robotic exploration of the Moon

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Main article: Exploration of the Moon
See also: Future lunar missions and Project Apollo

Contents

[edit] Pioneer program

  • Pioneer 0 (USA, 1958) – failure – orbiter
  • Pioneer 1 (USA, 1958) – failure – orbiter
  • Pioneer 3 (USA, 1958) – failure – flyby
  • Pioneer 4 (USA, 1959) – partial success – flyby

[edit] Luna programme

See also: Lunokhod programme
  • Luna 1 (Soviet Union, 1959) – success – flyby
  • Luna 2 (Soviet Union, 1959) – success – impactor
  • Luna 3 (Soviet Union, 1959) – success – flyby
  • Luna 4 (Soviet Union, 1963) – partial failure – lander (became probe)
  • Luna 9 (Soviet Union, 1966) – success – lander
  • Luna 10 (Soviet Union, 1966) – success – orbiter
  • Luna 11 (Soviet Union, 1966) – success – orbiter
  • Luna 12 (Soviet Union, 1966–67) – success – orbiter
  • Luna 13 (Soviet Union, 1966) – success – lander
  • Luna 14 (Soviet Union, 1968) – success – orbiter
  • Luna 16 (Soviet Union, 1970) – success – sample return
  • Luna 17 (Soviet Union, 1970) – success – lander
    • Lunokhod 1 (Soviet Union, 1970–71) – success – rover
  • Luna 19 (Soviet Union, 1971–72) – success – orbiter
  • Luna 20 (Soviet Union, 1972) – success – lander
  • Luna 21 (Soviet Union, 1973) – success – lander
    • Lunokhod 2 (Soviet Union, 1973) – success – rover
  • Luna 22 (Soviet Union, 1974–75) – success – orbiter
  • Luna 24 (Soviet Union, 1976) – success – lander

[edit] Ranger program

  • Ranger 3 (USA, 1962) – failure – impactor
  • Ranger 4 (USA, 1962) – success – impactor
  • Ranger 5 (USA, 1962) – partial failure – impactor (became flyby)
  • Ranger 6 (USA, 1964) – failure – impactor
  • Ranger 7 (USA, 1964) – success – impactor
  • Ranger 8 (USA, 1964) – success – impactor
  • Ranger 9 (USA, 1964) – success – impactor

[edit] Zond program

  • Zond 3 (Soviet Union, 1965) – success – flyby
  • Zond 5 (Soviet Union, 1968) – success – flyby
  • Zond 6 (Soviet Union, 1968) – success – flyby
  • Zond 7 (Soviet Union, 1969) – success – flyby
  • Zond 8 (Soviet Union, 1970) – success – flyby

[edit] Surveyor program

[edit] Lunar Orbiter program

[edit] Explorer 35

[edit] Galileo

  • Galileo (USA, 1989–2003) – success – flyby

[edit] Hiten

  • Hiten (Japan, 1990–93) – success – orbiter
    • Hagoromo (Japan, 1990) – failure – orbiter

[edit] Clementine

[edit] Lunar Prospector

[edit] SMART-1

  • SMART-1 (ESA, 2003–06) – success – orbiter

[edit] Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP)

  • Chang'e 1 (China, 2007–present) – success – orbiter
  • Chang'e 2 (China, 2009) – pending – lander
  • Chang'e 3 (China, 2017) – pending – sample return


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