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 6 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: | Chandrayaan-1 (+ Moon Impact Probe)IN (India)ISRO · Orbiter | Partial |
Unconfirmed (reported but not confirmed by a primary source):
Sources: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog (Internet Archive copy) (read 23 Sep 2026) · NASA History Division (A. Siddiqi) (Sep 2018) |
| Launch: | Chandrayaan-2 (orbiter + Vikram + Pragyan)IN (India)ISRO · Lander + rover | Partial |
The orbiter is still operating. Sources differ: The NSSDCA timeline prints "Apr 2019"; NSSDCA’s own catalogue record gives 22 Jul 2019. Unconfirmed (reported but not confirmed by a primary source):
Sources: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog (Internet Archive copy) (read 23 Sep 2026) · NASASpaceflight (Sep 2019) |
| Launch: | Chandrayaan-3 (Vikram + Pragyan)IN (India)ISRO · Lander + rover | Success |
Firsts: First landing in the south polar region (as ISRO defines it); India became the fourth nation to soft-land The Pragyan rover drove about 101 m. Sources differ: "South polar region" has no agreed boundary; see the records ledger. Sources: ISRO (read 24 Sep 2026) · IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS) (19 Mar 2024) · ISRO (read 23 Sep 2026) · NASA NSSDCA (updated 10 Jul 2025) |
| Launch: | Chandrayaan-4 (sample return)IN (India)ISRO · Sample return | Scheduled | Five modules on at least two LVM-3 launches, assembled in orbit. Unconfirmed (reported but not confirmed by a primary source):
Sources: Republic World (12 Dec 2025) · Business Standard (6 Feb 2025) · All India Radio News (5 Feb 2026) |
| Launch: | Chandrayaan-5 / LUPEXIN (India)ISRO · Lander + roverPartners: JAXA (rover) | Scheduled | South-polar volatiles: drilling and water-ice measurement. The ISRO chairman said in mid-March 2025 that approval had come "just three days back", and described a 250 kg rover built with Japan (IANS). Launch on JAXA’s H3-24L (ISRO: "The mission will be launched by JAXA onboard its H3-24L launch vehicle"). Sources: Republic World (12 Dec 2025) · All India Radio News (5 Feb 2026) · IANS (via NewKerala) (17 Mar 2025) · ISRO (15 May 2025) |
| Launch: | Indian crewed landingIN (India)Government of India · Crewed landing · crewed | Projected | A policy goal with no hardware schedule behind it. Sources: Business Today (18 Oct 2023) |
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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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title = {Race to the Moon: catalogue of lunar missions since 1958},
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}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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