The Moon

General Information

• Moon Fact Sheet
• Lunar Data Project
• Reference Books on the Moon
• On-line Books about the Moon

Missions to the Moon

Current and Past Missions

• Chang'e 5 - CNSA (China) Lunar Sample Return Mission (2020)
• Chandrayaan 2 - ISRO (India) Lunar Orbiter, Lander and Rover Mission (2019)
• Beresheet - Space IL and Israeli Aerospace Industries (Israel) Lunar Lander (2019)
• Chang'e 4 - CNSA (China) Lunar Farside Lander (2018)
• Chang'e 3 - CNSA (China) Lunar Lander and Rover (2013)
• LADEE - NASA Lunar Orbiter Dust Environment Mission (2013)
• GRAIL - NASA Lunar Orbiter Mission (2011)
• Chang'e 2 - CNSA Lunar Orbiter Mission (2010)
• ARTEMIS-P1 and ARTEMIS-P2 - NASA Heliophysics/Lunar Orbiter Mission (2010)
• Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - NASA Lunar Orbiter Mission (2009)
• LCROSS - NASA Lunar Impactor Mission (2009)
• Chandrayaan-1 - ISRO (India) Lunar Orbiter Mission (2008)
• Chang'e 1 - CAST (China) Lunar Orbiter Mission
• Kaguya (SELENE) - JAXA Lunar Orbiter Mission
• Deep Impact/EPOXI - NASA Mission to Comet Tempel 1 - Lunar Flyby
• SMART 1 - ESA Lunar Orbiter Mission
• Lunar Prospector - NASA Lunar Discovery Mission
• AsiaSat 3/HGS-1 - Commercial Telecommunications Satellite
• Clementine - DoD/NASA Lunar Mapping Mission
• Hiten - ISAS Lunar Flyby and Orbiter
• Galileo - NASA Mission to Jupiter - Lunar Flyby
• Apollo - NASA Lunar Manned Missions
• Lunar Orbiter - NASA Lunar Mapping Missions
• Surveyor - NASA Lunar Lander Missions
• Ranger - NASA Lunar Impact Missions
• Luna and Zond - Soviet Lunar Missions
• Lunar Timeline - Chronology of all Lunar Missions

Future Missions

• CAPSTONE - NASA Lunar Navigation and Test Orbiter (NET 2021)
• Peregrine Mission 1 - NASA CLPS Lunar Lander (NET 2021)
• Luna 25 - Roscosmos (Russia) Lunar Lander (NET 2021)
• IM-1 - NASA CLPS Lunar Lander (NET 2021)
• LunaH-Map - NASA Lunar Orbiting CubeSat (NET 2021)
• Lunar Flashlight - NASA Lunar Orbiting CubeSat (NET 2021)
• Lunar Ice Cube - NASA Lunar Orbiting CubeSat (NET 2021)
• LunIR - NASA Lunar Flyby and Technology Test CubeSat (NET 2021)
• Cislunar Explorers - NASA Technology Test CubeSats (NET 2021)
• OMOTENASHI - JAXA (Japan) Lunar Lander CubeSat (NET 2021)
• EQUULEUS - JAXA (Japan) L2 Orbiting Lunar CubeSat (NET 2021)
• SLIM - JAXA (Japan) Lunar Lander (2022)
• Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter - KARI (South Korea) Lunar Orbiter Mission (2022)
• Prime 1 - NASA CLPS Lunar Lander (2022)
• XL-1 Lander - NASA CLPS Lunar Lander (2023)
• VIPER - NASA Lunar South Pole Rover (2023)
• Chang'e 6 - CNSA (China) Lunar Sample Return Mission (2023-24)
• Lunar Trailblazer - NASA Lunar Orbiting Small Satellite (2024)
• Chang'e 7 - CNSA (China) Lunar Survey Mission (TBD)
• Chang'e 8 - CNSA (China) Lunar Technology Test Mission (TBD)

Data

• Lunar Data Project - Restored Apollo Data
• Images of the Moon (Catalog of Spaceborne Imaging)
• Images of the Moon (NSSDCA Photo Gallery)

Lunar Exploration

• Lunar Exploration Timeline
• Lunar Landing Site Map
• Table of all spacecraft landings/impacts on the Moon
• Apollo 11 (30^th Anniversary)
• Apollo 11 (25^th Anniversary)
• The Apollo 13 accident
• Precise positions of LM's and science experiments on the Moon
• Positions (known and estimated) of all spacecraft on the Moon