Robotic exploration of the Moon

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

Pioneer program

Luna programme

Ranger program

Zond program

Surveyor program

Lunar Orbiter program

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)

• 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^[1]) - 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^[2]

See also

	Spaceflight portal
	Moon portal
	Robotics portal

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

References

External links

• European Space Agency - Robotic Exploration official website

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