Race to the Moon
173 rows: every spacecraft that left Earth for the Moon, every launch attempt that did not, and the missions on today’s manifests. Launch dates are UTC; where a local date differs it is shown beside it. Claims no source could confirm carry an “Unconfirmed” label.
Data reviewed against sources as of · All dates UTC unless a local time is shown
Showing 3 of 173. Download the full catalogue (CSV), free to reuse with attribution to SpaceNexus (CC BY 4.0; how to cite). Missions with their own page are linked by name. Landing attempts only: every Moon landing attempt.
| Launch (UTC) | Mission | Result | Key events, firsts, sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch: | SMART-1ESA (Europe (ESA))ESA · Orbiter | Success |
Firsts: First European lunar mission; solar-electric propulsion Sources: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog (Internet Archive copy) (read 23 Sep 2026) · NASA History Division (A. Siddiqi) (Sep 2018) |
| Launch: | ESA Moonlight (comms and navigation)ESA (Europe (ESA))ESA with Telespazio / SSTL · Relay | Scheduled | Sources: ESA (15 Oct 2024) |
| Launch: | ESA ArgonautESA (Europe (ESA))ESA (Thales Alenia Space-led) · Lander | Scheduled | Cargo lander for the south polar region; carries roughly 1,500 kg to the surface. Unconfirmed (reported but not confirmed by a primary source):
Sources: ESA (PR N°76–2025) (20 Nov 2025) · ESA (PR N°6–2025) (30 Jan 2025) |
Licence: this data is published under CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International). Use it, share it and adapt it, commercially too, with credit to SpaceNexus and a link. It is our own compilation from the public sources linked on every row; quoted statements and those sources remain their owners’, and the illustrations are not part of the dataset.
Suggested citation
SpaceNexus. (2026). Race to the Moon: catalogue of lunar missions since 1958 (Version 2026-11-03) [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22985974. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {Race to the Moon: catalogue of lunar missions since 1958},
year = {2026},
version = {2026-11-03},
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/moon/missions}},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22985974},
note = {Licensed CC BY 4.0},
}Version 2026-11-03: the date the data was last reviewed against its sources. Persistent identifier: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22985974. Download: CSV (UTF-8).
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