Lunar Landing Attempts

Country/Operator Spacecraft Landing date Result Attempt No SCORE Coords
Earthlings Gravity
US/NASA,JPL Ranger 3/Capsule 12 1962 Jan 28 Missed Moon, ended in solar orbit 1 0 1 -
USSR/OKB-1 E-6 No. 2 1962 Apr 26 Stuck in Earth orbit, reentered 2 0 2 -
US/NASA,JPL Ranger 4/Capsule 13 1962 Apr 26 Crashed on Moon 3 0 3 (130.5W 15.5S)
US/NASA,JPL Ranger 5/Capsule 18 1962 Oct 22 Missed Moon, ended in solar orbit 4 0 4 -
USSR/OKB-1 E-6 No. 3 1963 Feb 3 Launch failed, crashed in Pacific Ocean 5 0 5 -
USSR/OKB-1 E-6 No. 4 (Luna-4) 1963 Apr 6 Missed Moon, ended in solar orbit 6 0 6 -
USSR/OKB-1 E-6 No. 6 1964 Mar 21 Launch failed, crashed in Pacific Ocean 7 0 7 -
USSR/OKB-1 E-6 No. 5 1964 Apr 20 Launch failed, crashed in Pacific Ocean 8 0 8 -
USSR/OKB-1 E-6 No. 9 1965 Mar 12 Stuck in Earth orbit, reentered 9 0 9 -
USSR/OKB-1 E-6 No. 8 1965 Apr 10 Launch failed, crashed in USSR? 10 0 10 -
USSR/OKB-1 E-6 No. 10 (Luna-5) 1965 May 12 Crashed on Moon 11 0 11 25W 2S
USSR/OKB-1 E-6 No. 7 (Luna-6) 1965 Jun 10 Missed Moon, ended in solar orbit 12 0 12 -
USSR/OKB-1 E-6 No. 11 (Luna-7) 1965 Oct 7 Crashed on Moon 13 0 13 40W 9N
USSR/OKB-1 E-6 No. 12 (Luna-8) 1965 Dec 6 Crashed on Moon 14 0 14 63.3W 9.1N
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-6M No. 202 (Luna-9) 1966 Feb 3 Landed on Moon 15 1 14 64.4W 7.1N
US/NASA Surveyor 1 1966 Jun 2 Landed on Moon 16 2 14 43.2W 2.5S
US/NASA Surveyor 2 1966 Sep 23 Crashed on Moon 17 2 15 11W 4N
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-6M No. 205 (Luna-13) 1966 Dec 24 Landed on Moon 18 3 15 62.0W 18.9N
US/NASA Surveyor 3 1967 Apr 20 Landed on Moon 19 4 15 23.4W 3.2S
US/NASA Surveyor 4 1967 Jul 17 Crashed on Moon 20 4 16 1.4W 0.5N
US/NASA Surveyor 5 1967 Sep 11 Landed on Moon 21 5 16 23.2E 1.4N
US/NASA Surveyor 6 1967 Nov 10 Landed on Moon 22 6 16 1.4W 0.5N
US/NASA Surveyor 7 1968 Jan 10 Landed on Moon 23 7 16 11.5E 40.9S
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8 No. 201 1969 Feb 19 Launch failed, destroyed over Baykonur 24 7 17 -
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8-5 No. 402 1969 Jun 14 Launch failed, crashed in Pacific Ocean 25 7 18 -
US/NASA LM 5 (Apollo 11) 1969 Jul 20 Landed on Moon, sample return successful 26 8 18 23.4E 0.7N
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8-5 No. 401 (Luna-15) 1969 Jul 21 Crashed on Moon 27 8 19 60E 17N
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8-5 No. 403 1969 Sep 23 Stuck in Earth orbit, reentered 28 8 20 -
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8-5 No. 404 1969 Oct 22 Accidentally deorbited from Earth orbit 29 8 21 -
US/NASA LM 6 (Apollo 12) 1969 Nov 19 Landed on Moon, sample return successful 30 9 21 23.4W 3.2S
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8-5 No. 405 1970 Feb 6 Launch failed, crashed in USSR 31 9 22 -
US/NASA LM 7 (Apollo 13) 1970 Apr 13 Circumlunar flyby, landing aborted 32 9 23 -
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8-5 No. 406 (Luna-16) 1970 Sep 20 Landed on Moon, sample return successful 33 10 23 56.3E 0.7S
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8 No. 203 (Luna-17) 1970 Nov 17 Landed on Moon, deployed LK1 rover 34 11 23 35.0W 38.3N
US/NASA LM 8 (Apollo 14) 1971 Feb 5 Landed on Moon, sample return successful 35 12 23 19.3W 3.7S
US/NASA LM 10 (Apollo 15) 1971 Jul 30 Landed on Moon, sample return successful 36 13 23 3.7E 26.1N
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8-5 No. 407 (Luna-18) 1971 Sep 2 Crashed on Moon 37 13 24 56.5E 3.6N
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8-5 No. 408 (Luna-20) 1972 Feb 21 Landed on Moon, sample return successful 38 14 24 56.6E 3.5N
US/NASA LM 11 (Apollo 16) 1972 Apr 21 Landed on Moon, sample return successful 39 15 24 15.5E 8.9S
US/NASA LM 12 (Apollo 17) 1972 Dec 11 Landed on Moon, sample return successful 40 16 24 30.8E 20.2N
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8 No. 204 (Luna-21) 1973 Jan 15 Landed on Moon, deployed LK2 rover 41 17 24 30.5E 25.9N
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8-5M No. 410 (Luna-23) 1974 Nov 6 Landed on Moon, damaged at touchdown 42 18 24 56.5E 13.5N
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8-5M No. 412 1975 Oct 16 Launch failed, crashed in Pacific Ocean 43 18 25 -
USSR/NPOL,IKI E-8-5M No. 413 (Luna-24) 1976 Aug 18 Landed on Moon, sample return successful 44 19 25 62.2E 12.8N
China/CASC Chang'e-3 2013 Dec 14 Landed on Moon, deployed Yutu rover 45 20 25 19.5W 44.1N
China/CASC Chang'e-4 2019 Jan 3 Landed on Moon, deployed Yutu-2 rover 46 21 25 177.6E 45.5S
Israel/SpaceIL B'reshit 2019 Apr 11 Crashed on Moon 47 21 26 19.3E 32.6N
India/ISRO Chandrayaan-2 Lander 2019 Sep 6 Crashed on Moon 48 21 27 22.7E 70.9S
China/CASC Chang'e-5 2020 Dec 1 Landed on Moon, sample return successful 49 22 27 51.9W 43.1N
Japan/JAXA Omotenashi 2022 Nov 21 Missed Moon, ended in solar orbit 50 22 28 -
Japan/ISPACE Hakuto-R M1 2023 Apr 25 Crashed on Moon 51 22 29 44.1E 47.6N
Russia/NPOL,IKI Luna-Glob (Luna-25) 2023 Aug 19 Crashed on Moon 52 22 30 60.1E 57.2S
India/ISRO Chandrayaan-3 Lander 2023 Aug 23 Landed on Moon 53 23 30 32.3E 69.4S