Robotic exploration of the Moon

Main article: Exploration of the Moon

Surveyor 3, a NASA lunar lander, on the Moon.

Pioneer program

Pioneer 0 (United States, 1958) – failure – orbiter Pioneer 1 (United States, 1958) – failure – orbiter Pioneer 2 (United States, 1958) – failure – orbiter

Pioneer 3 (United States, 1958) – failure – flyby Pioneer 4 (United States, 1959) – partial success – flyby

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 15 (Soviet Union, 1969) – failure – lander (crashed) 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 – sample return 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 – sample return

Ranger program

Ranger 3 (United States, 1962) – failure – impactor Ranger 4 (United States, 1962) – partial failure – impactor (impacted, but didn't take pictures) Ranger 5 (United States, 1962) – partial failure – impactor (became flyby) Ranger 6 (United States, 1964) – failure – impactor

Ranger 7 (United States, 1964) – success – impactor Ranger 8 (United States, 1964) – success – impactor Ranger 9 (United States, 1964) – success – impactor

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

Surveyor program

Surveyor 1 (United States, 1966) – success – lander Surveyor 2 (United States, 1966) – crashed – lander Surveyor 3 (United States, 1967) – success – lander Surveyor 4 (United States, 1967) – crashed – lander

Surveyor 5 (United States, 1967) – success – lander Surveyor 6 (United States, 1967) – success – lander Surveyor 7 (United States, 1968) – success – lander

Lunar Orbiter program

Lunar Orbiter 1 (United States, 1966) – success – orbiter Lunar Orbiter 2 (United States, 1966–67) – success – orbiter Lunar Orbiter 3 (United States, 1967) – success – orbiter

Lunar Orbiter 4 (United States, 1967) – success – orbiter Lunar Orbiter 5 (United States, 1967–68) – success – orbiter

Explorer 35

• Explorer 35 (United States, 1967–73) – success – orbiter

Galileo

• Galileo (United States, 1989–2003) – success – flyby

Hiten

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

Clementine

• Clementine (United States, 1994) – success – orbiter

Lunar Prospector

• Lunar Prospector (United States, 1998–99) – success – orbiter

SMART-1

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

SELENE

• SELENE (Japan, 2007–09) – success – orbiter
  • RSAT (Japan, 2007–09) – success – orbiter
  • VSAT (Japan, 2007–09) – success – orbiter

Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP)

See also: Chinese Lunar Exploration Program

• Chang'e 1 (China, 2007–09) – success – orbiter/impacter
• Chang'e 2 (China, 2010-11) – success – orbiter

Indian Lunar Exploration Program (ILEP)

• Chandrayaan 1 (India, 2008–09) - success (discovered & confirmed water on Moon) - orbiter
  • Moon Impact Probe (India, 2008) - success - impactor

Lunar Precursor Robotic Program

• Lunar Precursor Robotic Program (United States, 2009-)
  • LCROSS (United States, 2009) - success - impactor
  • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) (United States, 2009-) - success - orbiter

Discovery Program

• Discovery Program (United States, 2011-)
  • Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) (United States, 2011-) - in transit

See also

• List of current and future lunar missions
• List of lunar probes
• Robotic spacecraft
• Apollo program