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2019 48 and Orbiters Future Missions 1967-68 Chang’e 4 Luna 14 FAR SIDE of MOON (mission launch date country/company) Soft Landings 2019 47 44 18 Intentional Crashes Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter 2009 (operational) NASA 1968
Accidental Crashes Chandraayan-2, orbiter, lander, rover July 2019 India LADEE Apollo 10 Chang’e 5 sample-return December 2019 China 2014 46 45 19 24 10 Z-01 lander, commercial and NASA payloads 12 September 2020 Orbit Beyond MARE IMBRIUM 2 1969 Chang’e 3 48 Chang’e 6 lunar south pole sample-return 2020 China Luna 15 2013 1 45 MARE 20 MARE Lunar Flashlight cubesat to study volatiles in permanently 1969 28 SERENITATIS CRISIUM 47 9 32 shadowed craters 2020 NASA OCEANUS 36 46 PROCELLARUM 31 35 12 Artemis-1 (formerly Exploration Mission-1) uncrewed SLS/Orion GRAIL flight test around the Moon 2020-21 NASA Apollo 11 2012 29 4 MARE 21 TRANQUILLITATIS 26 6 4 3 CRASH SITE UNKNOWN Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter technology testbed 5 23 December 2020 South Korea 44 4 17 41 7 20 1969 17 Peregrine lander, commercial and NASA payloads LCROSS 8 Apollo 12 15 21 June 2021 Astrobotic Technology 13 2511 14 26 22 Nova-C lander, commercial and NASA payloads 22 27 5 16 33 July 2021 Intuitive Machines 2009 43 3 30 1969 Selene 39 18 34 Chang’e 7 survey south polar region 2021 China Luna 16 MARE NUBIUM 42 Gateway Power and Propulsion Element first module for small 23 37 19 1970 lunar-orbiting station Late 2022 Maxar/NASA 28 2009 Starship private lunar flyby charter flight 2023 SpaceX Chang’e 1 43 17 42 Luna 17 Digital Extra Take an interactive look at 41 more about lunar missions past, present Artemis-2 SLS/Orion crewed flight test 2023 NASA 24 40 and future: AviationWeek.com/MoonMap Artemis-3 SLS/Orion crewed flight for lunar landing2024 NASA 41 38 2009 1970 Chandraayan-1 SMART-1 Lunar Prospector Hagomoro Hiten Luna 24 Luna 23 Luna 22 Explorer 49 Luna 21 Apollo 17 Apollo 16 Luna 20 Apollo 15 Apollo 14 Luna 18, 19 Apollo 13 booster 40 39 38 1990, ‘93 36 35 33 32 31 1972 30 29 28 26 1973 1972 1972 1971 1971 1974 1974
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