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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into List of lunar probes. (Discuss) Proposed since August 2011.

There are several future lunar missions scheduled or proposed by various nations or organisations.

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[edit] Unmanned missions

[edit] Recent impacts

     – Within a year      – Earlier
Country Name Launch date Landing date Area Mission type
 India MIP October 22, 2008 November 14, 2008 LQ30 Impactor
 Japan Okina (RSAT) September 14, 2007 February 12, 2009 LQ08 Orbiter (crashed at mission end)
 China Chang'e 1 October 24, 2007 March 1, 2009 LQ21 Orbiter (systematically crashed at mission end)[1]
 Japan Kaguya September 14, 2007 June 10, 2009 LQ30 Orbiter (systematically crashed at mission end)[1]
 USA LCROSS June 18, 2009 October 9, 2009 LQ30 Impactor (Centaur)
Impactor (Shepherding Spacecraft)

[edit] In flight

     – Under primary mission      – Under extended mission      – Lunar mission complete
Country Name Launch date Mission lifetime
 Japan Ouna (VSAT) September 14, 2007 1 year (mission complete at 29 June 2009[2])
 India Chandrayaan-1 October 22, 2008 2 years intended (Achieved only 315 days - Mission abruptly terminated due to malfunction and lost contact)
 USA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter June 19, 2009[3] 1 year (extended mission of up to 5 years)
 USA ARTEMIS February 17, 2007 until 2012
 China Chang'e 2 October 1, 2010 6 months, Orbiting Sun-Earth L2 after Aug 2011[4]
 USA GRAIL[5] September 10, 2011[6] three to four month travel time. 90 days science phase.[7]

[edit] Under development

[8]

Country Name Launch due
 China Chang'e 3 2013[9]
 USA LADEE[10] January 15, 2013[11]
(Private) GLXP Moon Express 2013[12]
 India Chandrayaan-2 2014[13][14]
 Russia Luna-Glob 2 / Luna-Resurs 2014[15][16]
 Russia Luna-Glob 1 2015[17][18]
 USA ILN Node 1 2018[19]
 USA ILN Node 2 2018 ?[20]

[edit] Proposal phase

[edit] Proposed unmanned missions

Country Name Launch due
 UK MoonLITE[21] 2014
MoonRaker[22] 2014
 Russia Luna-Grunt 1[23] 2014
Luna-Grunt 2 2015[citation needed]
 India Chandrayaan-3[24][25] 2015
(Private) Google Lunar X Prize Before 2015
(Private) Astrobotic Technology Polar Excavator[26] 2015
(Private) Astrobotic Technology (yet to be named)[26] 2016
 USA ILN Node 3[19] 2016
 Japan SELENE-2[27] No earlier than 2016[28]
 USA ILN Node 4[20] 2017
 China Chang'e 4 2017[citation needed]
 Europe MoonNext[29][30] 2015–2018[citation needed]
 Russia Luniy-Poligon 2020[citation needed]
 South Korea[31] Moon Orbiter 2020
Moon Lander 2025

[edit] Proposed manned missions

Country Name Proposed
launch date		 Nature of proposed mission
(Private) DSE-Alpha 2015 Mission to transport the first space tourists to fly around the Moon using Soyuz; proposed by Space Adventures (2005).[32][33]
 India 2020 Manned moon landing; proposed by ISRO (2009).[34]
 Japan 2020 Manned moon landing; proposed by JAXA (2006).[35]
 Europe Aurora programme[36] 2024 Manned moon landing; proposed by ESA.[37]
 China CLEP ~2025 Manned moon landing; suggested by various scientists.[38]
 Iran 2025 Manned moon landing; proposed by ISA (2010).[39]
 Russia 2025 Manned moon landing; proposed by RFSA (2007).[40]
 Russia 2027–32 Moonbase; proposed by RFSA (2007).[40]
 Japan 2030 Moonbase; proposed by JAXA (2006).[35]

NB. Launch dates are aspirational and may change drastically as the planning and preparation progresses.

[edit] Cancelled or indefinitely postponed

Country Name Launch due
 Japan LUNAR-A August 2004 Integrated into Russia's Luna-Glob 1 mission[41]
 Germany LEO 2012 Mission postponed indefinitely due to budgetary constraints[42]
 USA Constellation Program 2020 Mission cancelled by Congress
 USA MoonRise[43] 2018 Not funded by NASA in 2011 funding competition

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

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