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Timeline of Moon exploration

Mission (1950–1959)	Launch	Arrival at Moon	Termination	Objective	Result
Pioneer 0	17 August 1958		17 August 1958	Orbiter	Launch failure
Luna E-1 No.1	23 September 1958		23 September 1958	Impactor	Launch failure
Pioneer 1	11 October 1958		13 October 1958	Orbiter	Launch failure
Luna E-1 No.2	11 October 1958		11 October 1958	Impactor	Launch failure
Pioneer 2	8 November 1958		8 November 1958	Orbiter	Launch failure
Luna E-1 No.3	4 December 1958		4 December 1958	Impactor	Launch failure
Pioneer 3	6 December 1958		7 December 1959	Flyby	Launch failure
Luna 1	2 January 1959	4 January 1959		Impactor	Partial success (first successful flyby 5,995 km)
Pioneer 4	3 March 1959	4 March 1959	7 March 1959	Flyby	Partial success (flyby 60,000 km)
Luna E-1A No.1	18 June 1959		18 June 1959	Impactor	Launch failure
Luna 2	12 September 1959	13 September 1959		Impactor	Success (first spacecraft reaching the moon surface, impacted east of Mare Serenitatis)
Pioneer P-1	24 September 1959		24 September 1959	Orbiter	Launch failure
Luna 3	4 October 1959	6 October 1959		Flyby	Success (first pictures of Moon far side)
Pioneer P-3	26 November 1959		26 November 1959	Orbiter	Launch failure
Mission (1960–1969)	Launch	Arrival at Moon	Termination	Objective	Result
Luna E-3 No.1	15 April 1960		15 April 1960	Flyby	Launch failure
Luna E-3 No.2	16 April 1960		16 April 1960	Flyby	Launch failure
Pioneer P-30	25 September 1960		25 September 1960	Orbiter	Launch failure
Pioneer P-31	15 December 1960		15 December 1960	Orbiter	Launch failure
Ranger 3	26 January 1962	28 January 1962		Impactor	Failure (flyby)
Ranger 4	23 April 1962	26 April 1962		Impactor	Success
Ranger 5	18 October 1962	21 October 1962		Impactor	Failure (flyby)
Luna E-6 No.2	4 January 1963		11 January 1963	Lander	Launched into wrong orbit
Luna E-6 No.3	3 February 1963		3 February 1963	Lander	Launch failure
Luna 4	2 April 1963	>6 April 1963		Lander	Failure (flyby)
Ranger 6	30 January 1964	2 February 1964		Impactor	Success
Luna E-6 No.6	21 March 1964		21 March 1964	Lander	Launch failure
Luna E-6 No.5	20 April 1964		20 April 1964	Lander	Launch failure
Ranger 7	28 July 1964	31 July 1964		Impactor	Success
Ranger 8	17 February 1965	20 February 1965		Impactor	Success
Cosmos 60	12 March 1965			Lander	Failed to leave Earth orbit
Ranger 9	21 March 1965	24 March 1965		Impactor	Success
Luna E-6 No.8	10 April 1965		10 April 1965	Lander	Launch failure
Luna 5	9 May 1965	12 May 1965		Lander	Failure (crashed at Sea of Clouds)
Luna 6	8 June 1965	11 June 1965		Lander	Failure (flyby)
Zond 3	18 July 1965	20 July 1965		Flyby	Success
Luna 7	4 October 1965	7 October 1965		Lander	Failure (crashed at Oceanus Procellarum)
Luna 8	3 December 1965	6 December 1965		Lander	Failure (crashed at Oceanus Procellarum)
Luna 9	31 January 1966	3 February 1966		Lander	Success (first pictures from Moon surface, landed at Oceanus Procellarum)
Cosmos 111	1 March 1966	3 March 1966		Orbiter	Launched into wrong orbit
Luna 10	31 January 1966	3 February 1966	30 May 1966	Orbiter	Success (first lunar orbiter)
Surveyor 1	30 May 1966	2 June 1966	7 January 1967	Lander	Success (landed at Oceanus Procellarum)
Lunar Orbiter 1	10 August 1966	14 June 1966	29 October 1967	Orbiter	Success
Luna 11	24 August 1966	27 August 1966	1 October 1966	Orbiter	Success
Surveyor 2	20 September 1966	23 September 1966	23 September 1966	Lander	Failure (crashed near Copernicus crater)
Luna 12	22 October 1966	25 October 1966	19 January 1967	Orbiter	Success
Lunar Orbiter 2	6 November 1966	10 November 1966	11 October 1967	Orbiter	Success
Luna 13	21 December 1966	24 December 1966	28 December 1966	Lander	Success (landed at Oceanus Procellarum)
Lunar Orbiter 3	5 February 1967	8 February 1967	9 October 1967	Orbiter	Partial success (picture acquisition cut short)
Surveyor 3	17 April 1967	20 April 1967	3 May 1967	Lander	Success
Lunar Orbiter 4	4 May 1967	8 May 1967	<31 October 1967	Orbiter	Partial success (picture acquisition cut short)
Surveyor 4	14 July 1967	17 July 1967	17 July 1967	Lander	Failure (may have exploded before reaching surface)
Lunar Orbiter 5	1 August 1967	5 August 1967	31 January 1968	Orbiter	Success
Surveyor 5	8 September 1967	11 September 1967	17 Decemberr 1967	Lander	Success
Surveyor 6	7 November 1967	10 November 1967	14 December 1967	Lander	Success
Surveyor 7	7 January 1968	10 January 1968	20 February 1968	Lander	Success
Luna E-6LS No.112	7 February 1968		7 February 1968	Lander	Launch failure
Luna 14	7 April 1968	10 April 1968		Orbiter	Success
Zond 5	15 September 1968	18 September 1968	21 September 1968	Flyby	Success (first spacecraft and living beings to return to Earth from lunar flyby)
Zond 6	10 November 1968	14 November 1968	17 November 1968	Flyby	Partial success (depressurisation lead to biologicals death, crashed due to failure in parachute)
Apollo 8	21 December 1968	24 December 1968	27 December 1968	Orbiter	Success (first manned lunar orbiter)
Luna E-8 No.201	19 February 1969		19 February 1969	Rover	Launch failure
Apollo 10	18 May 1969	21 May 1969	26 May 1969	Orbiter	Success (lander test in Moon orbit)
Luna E-8-5 No.402	14 June 1969		14 June 1969	Sample return	Launch failure
Luna 15	13 July 1969		21 July 1969	Sample return	Failure (crashed at Mare Crisium)
Apollo 11	16 July 1969	19 July 1969	24 July 1969	Orbiter	Success
		20 July 1969	21 July 1969	Sample return	Success (21.5 kg of lunar rocks retrieved, first humans on the Moon surface)
Zond 7	7 August 1969	11 August 1969	14 August 1969	Flyby	Success
Cosmos 300	23 September 1969		23 September 1969	Sample return	Launched into wrong orbit
Cosmos 305	22 October 1969		22 October 1969	Sample return	Launched into wrong orbit
Apollo 12	14 November 1969	17 November 1969	24 November 1969	Orbiter	Success
		19 November 1969	20 November 1969	Sample return	Success (First precise landing, recovered parts from Surveyor 3)
Mission (1970–1979)	Launch	Arrival at Moon	Termination	Objective	Result
Apollo 13	18 June 2009	11 April 1970	17 April 1970	Sample return	Failure (flyby, crew returned to Earth)
S-IV		14 April 1970	14 April 1970	Impactor	Suceess (provided signal for the Apollo 12 Passive Seismic Experiment)
Luna E-8-5 No.405	6 February 1970		6 February 1970	Sample return	Launch failure
Luna 16	12 September 1970	20 September 1970	24 September 1970	Sample return	Success (first robotic lunar sample return, 101 g)
Zond 8	20 October 1970	24 October 1970	27 October 1970	Flyby	Success
Luna 17	10 November 1970	17 November 1970	17 November 1970	Lander	Success (soft-landed the Lunokhod 1)
Lunokhod 1			14 September 1971	Rover	Success (First lunar rover)
Apollo 14	31 January 1971	4 February 1971	9 February 1969	Orbiter	Success
		5 February 1971	6 February 1971	Sample return	Success
Apollo 15	26 July 1971	29 July 1971	7 August 1971	Orbiter	Success
		30 July 1971	2 August 1971	Sample return	Success (first manned Lunar Roving Vehicle)
Luna 18	2 September 1971	11 September 1971	11 September 1971	Sample return	Failure (crashed near the edge of the Sea of Fertility)
Luna 19	28 September 1971	3 October 1971	3-20 October 1972	Orbiter	Success
Luna 20	14 February 1972	21 February 1972	25 February 1972	Sample return	Success
Apollo 16	16 April 1972	19 April 1972	27 April 1972	Orbiter	Success
		21 April 1972	23 April 1972	Sample return	Success
Apollo 17	7 December 1972	10 December 1972	19 December 1972	Orbiter	Success
		11 December 1972	15 December 1972	Sample return	Success (first geologist on the Moon)
Luna 21	8 January 1973	15 January 1973	15 January 1973	Lander	Success (soft-landed the Lunokhod 2)
Lunokhod 2			3 June 1973	Rover	Success
Luna 22	29 May 1974	2 June 1974	early November 1975	Orbiter	Success
Luna 23	28 October 1974	6 November 1974	9 November 1975	Sample return	Partial success (sample drilling failed)
Luna 24	9 August 1976	18 August 1976	22 August 1976	Sample return	Success
Mission (1990–1999)	Launch	Arrival at Moon	Termination	Objective	Result
Hiten	24 January 1990	19 March 1990	10 April 1993	Orbiter	Success (first aerobraking maneuver by a deep space probe)
Clementine	25 January 1994	19 February 1994	June 1994	Orbiter	Success
Lunar Prospector	7 January 1998	11 January 1998	31 July 1999	Orbiter	Success
Mission (2000–2009)	Launch	Arrival at Moon	Termination	Objective	Result
24px SMART-1	27 September 2003	15 November 2004	3 September 2004	Orbiter	Success (first use of an ion engine to reach the Moon)
SELENE	14 September 2007	3 October 2007	10 June 2009	Orbiter	Success
Chang'e 1	24 October 2007	5 November 2007	1 March 2009	Orbiter	Success
Chandrayaan-1	22 October 2008	12 November 2008	29 August 2009	Orbiter	Success
Moon Impact Probe		14 November 2008	14 November 2008	Impactor	Success
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter	18 June 2009	23 June 2009	ongoing	Orbiter	Success
Sheperding spacecraft (LCROSS)		9 October 2009	9 October 2009	Impactor	Success (near observation of Centaur impact)
Centaur upper stage (LCROSS)		9 October 2009	9 October 2009	Impactor	Success
Mission (2010–2019)	Launch	Arrival at Moon	Termination	Objective	Result
Chang'e 2	1 October 2010	5 October 2010	ongoing	Orbiter	Success

Future missions

Name	Estimated launch	Elements	Notes
Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory	8 September 2011	Orbiter	Dual spacecraft to determine the structure of the lunar interior and to advance understanding of the thermal evolution of the Moon.
Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer	1 May 2012	Orbiter	Instruments will include a dust detector, a neutral mass spectrometer, an ultraviolet-visible spectrometer, and a laser communications terminal.
Luna-Glob	2012	Orbiter	Orbiter toinclude astrophysics experiments, dust monitors, plasma sensors, including the LORD astronomy payload, designed to study ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. Carries cancelled Lunar-A penetrators.
Lunar-A penetrators		Impactor	Two penetrators to deeply penetrate the lunar regolith on opposite sides of Moon.
Chandrayaan-2	2013	Orbiter, lander, rover	Orbiter to carry five payloads, three new, while other two are improved versions of those on Chandrayaan-1.The Russian Federal Space Agency will provide the lander that will carry the Indian rover.
Chang'e 3	2013	Rover	Six-wheeled lunar vehicle to be landed at Sinus Iridum.