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Missions to the Moon

Zond programThe Soviet Union launched the first Zond probe on the 2nd of April 1964. This spacecraft carried the name of a program that would eventually split into two…
Chandrayaan programmeIn 1999, a meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences raised the idea of a lunar scientific mission. This proposal moved forward to the Astronautical Society…
Chang'e 6The Chang'e 6 spacecraft launched from Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island at 09:27 UTC on the 3rd of May 2024. It was built as a copy of and backup…
Ranger programThe Ranger program began in 1959 as a series of uncrewed space missions by the United States. Its goal was to obtain the first close-up images of the lunar…
Surveyor programIn 1960, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory began work on a new robotic program to prepare for human lunar landings. The agency selected Hughes Aircraft…
Luna 9The spacecraft and lander capsule combined weighed 1,000 kilograms and stood 2.7 meters tall. This engineering challenge fell to the design bureau known as…
Chandrayaan-1In 1999, a group of Indian scientists gathered for a meeting at the Indian Academy of Sciences. They discussed the possibility of sending a probe to the Moon.
Surveyor 1Surveyor 1 touched down on the Ocean of Storms on the 2nd of June 1966. This event marked the first successful soft landing by an American space probe on any…
Moon landingOn the 4th of October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 as the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. This unexpected event was a source of pride…
Artemis IIIArtemis III aims to land two astronauts at the Moon's south polar region for approximately one week. This mission marks the first crewed lunar landing since…
Lunokhod programmeIn mid-1968, engineers built a one-hectare test facility near Simferopol in Crimea. This site covered 120 meters by 70 meters and contained more than 3,000…
Chandrayaan-3On the 23rd of August 2023, a box-shaped lander named Vikram touched down near the lunar south pole at 18:04 IST. This moment marked India's first soft…
Lunar GatewayThe Lunar Gateway began as a concept called the Deep Space Habitat in 2012. NASA released this proposal to study requirements for deep space habitats under…
Artemis IIIn April 2017, NASA canceled the Asteroid Redirect Mission. This decision forced a complete rewrite of Exploration Mission-2 plans.