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A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, including both crewed and robotic missions. The first human-made object to touch the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959. [3] In 1969 Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon. [4]
First Canadian lunar rover. Will fly as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. [141] ZeusX: ZeusX service module: Q4 2027: TBD: Qosmosys: Orbiter: ZeusX lunar lander: Lander: LIBER: Rover: First lunar landing attempt for Singapore, lander can carry up to 800 kg to lunar surface. Luna 26: Luna 26: 2027 [142] Soyuz-2.1b ...
Launch of AS-506 space vehicle on July 16, 1969, at pad 39A for mission Apollo 11 to land the first men on the Moon. The Apollo program was a United States human spaceflight program carried out from 1961 to 1972 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [1]
The bag contained various items, which should have been left behind in the Lunar Module Eagle, including the 16mm Data Acquisition Camera that had been used to capture images of the first Moon landing. [262] [263] The camera is currently on display at the National Air and Space Museum. [264]
The second CLPS probe Odysseus landed successfully on 22 February 2024 [10] on the Moon, marking the United States' first unmanned lunar soft-landing in over 50 years. This mission is the first private-NASA partnership to land on the Moon and the first landing using cryogenic propellants.
In 2018, Chang'e-4 gave China its first unmanned moon landing, also on the far side. In 2020, Chang'e-5 marked the first time humans retrieved lunar samples in 44 years, and Chang'e-6 could make ...
An unmanned lunar spacecraft has captured and transmitted data analyzing 10 lunar rocks, a greater-than-expected achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the moon, a Japan ...
The programme accomplished many firsts in space exploration, including first flyby of the Moon, first impact of the Moon and first photos of the far side of the Moon. Each mission was designed as either an orbiter or lander. They also performed many experiments, studying the Moon's chemical composition, gravity, temperature, and radiation.