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Currently, there are several future lunar missions scheduled by various nations and organisations.

Contents 1 Unmanned missions 1.1 Previous missions 1.2 Recent missions 1.3 In flight 1.4 Under development 1.5 Proposal phase 1.6 Cancelled or indefinitely postponed 2 Manned missions 3 See also 4 References

Unmanned missions

Previous missions

Recent missions

– Last year

– Earlier

Country	Name	Launch date	Landing date	Area	Mission type
India	MIP	October 22, 2008	November 14, 2008	LQ30	Impactor
Japan	Okina (RSAT)	September 14, 2007	February 12, 2009	LQ08	Orbiter (crashed at mission end)
China	Chang'e 1	October 24, 2007	March 1, 2009	LQ21	Orbiter (systematically crashed at mission end)[1]
Japan	Kaguya	September 14, 2007	June 10, 2009	LQ30	Orbiter (systematically crashed at mission end)[1]
USA	LCROSS	June 18, 2009	October 9, 2009	LQ30	Impactor (Centaur)
					Impactor (Shepherding Spacecraft)

In flight

– En route

– Under main mission

– Mission complete

Country	Name	Launch date	Mission life time
Japan	Ouna (VSAT)	September 14, 2007	1 year (mission complete at 29 June 2009[2])
India	Chandrayaan-1	October 22, 2008	2 years intended (Achieved only 315 days - Mission abruptly terminated due to malfunction and lost contact)
USA	Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter	June 19 2009[3]	1 year (extended mission of up to 5 years)

Under development

Country	Name	Launch due
China	Chang'e 2[4]	October 2010[5]
USA	GRAIL[6]	September 6 2011[7]
USA	LADEE[8]	2012[9]
Russia	Luna-Glob 1[10]	2012[11]
Russia	Luna-Glob 2[12]	2012
India	Chandrayaan-2	2013[13][14]
China	Chang'e 3	2013
USA	ILN Node 1[15]	2013
USA	ILN Node 2[16]	2014

Proposal phase

Country	Name	Launch due
Japan	SELENE-2[17]	2012 / 2013
UK	MoonLITE[18]	2014
	MoonRaker[19]	2014
Russia	Luna-Grunt 1[20]	2014
	Luna-Grunt 2	2015
India	Chandrayaan III[21][22]	2015
(Private)	Google Lunar X Prize	Before 2015
USA	ILN Node 3[15]	2016
	ILN Node 4[23]	2017
China	Chang'e 4	2017
Russia	Luniy-Poligon	2020
South Korea[24]	Moon Orbiter	2020
	Moon Lander	2025
Europe [2]	MoonNext	?

Cancelled or indefinitely postponed

Country	Name	Launch due
Japan	LUNAR-A	August 2004	Integrated into Russia's Luna-Glob 1 mission[25]
Germany	LEO	2012	Mission postponed indefinitely due to budgetary constraints[26]
USA	Constellation Program	2020	Mission Cancellation Pending Congressional Approval Due To Budget[27]

Manned missions

Country	Name	Currently planned launch date
India		?[28][29]
Japan		c.2020; moonbase c.2030[30]
Europe	Aurora programme[31]	2024[32]
Russia		2025[33]
China	CLEP	2025-2030[34]

NB. Launch dates may change as the planning and preparation progresses.

See also

• Exploration of the Moon
• Robotic exploration of the Moon
• Apollo program

References

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2. ^ "月周回衛星「かぐや（SELENE）」 - SELENE通信 - お知らせ" (in Japanese). JAXA. 2009-06-30. http://www.kaguya.jaxa.jp/ja/communication/com_info200906_j.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
3. ^ "Launch Schedule". NASA. 17 June 2009. http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
4. ^ Yan Mingxing (10 March 2008). "Chang'e 1's backup satellite will be transformed into Chang'e 2" (in Simplified Chinese). HIT News. http://news.hit.edu.cn/articles/2008/03-10/03085546.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
5. ^ "China to launch second lunar probe". CNN. 2009-11-27. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/27/china.moon/index.html. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
6. ^ Tariq Malik (10 April 2008). "New NASA Spacecraft to Probe Moon Dust". Space.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080410-ladee-moon-dust-mission.html. 
7. ^ Dave Mosher (11 December 2007). "NASA Aims to Look Inside the Moon". Space.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/071211-moon-insides.html. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
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9. ^ "LADEE". NASA. http://nasascience.nasa.gov/missions/ladee. Retrieved 2010-01-13. 
10. ^ Craig Covault (4 June 2006). "Russia Plans Ambitious Robotic Lunar Mission". Aviation Week. http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/aw060506p2.xml. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
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12. ^ "Centre approves Chandrayaan II". Deccan Herald. 19 September 2008. http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Sep192008/national2008091890836.asp. Retrieved 2008-11-09. 
13. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/05/stories/2009070556691600.htm
14. ^ "India to take second moon shot by 2012, eyes Mars". Agence France-Presse. 13 November 2008. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jZ_ivSb91jpevRuNd_dyTKWBJY6Q. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
15. ^ ^{a b} "ILN". NASA. http://nasascience.nasa.gov/missions/iln. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
16. ^ "NASA Hosts International Meeting For Lunar Science Discussions". NASA. 29 July 2008. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/jul/HQ_08190_NASA_hosts_ILN.html. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
17. ^ Paul Kallender (19 May 2003). "Japan Proposes Cheaper Alternative To Stalled Moon Lander". Space.com. http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive03/landerarch_051903.html. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
18. ^ Craig Brown (11 January 2007). "British scientists shoot for the moon". The Scotsman. http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=52902007. Retrieved 2007-11-24. 
19. ^ Pallab Ghosh (10 January 2007). "Britain plans first Moon mission". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6246513.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-09. 
20. ^ "Japanese penetrators aid Russia in searching for a landing site on the Moon" (in Russian). News.ru. 18 December 2007. http://www.izvestia.ru/news/news157943. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
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22. ^ http://www.space.com/news/061110_india_mannedspace.html
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24. ^ "South Korea eyes moon orbiter in 2020, landing 2025". Reuters. 20 November 2007. http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSSEO24596320071120. Retrieved 2008-11-09. 
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28. ^ http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200901121421.htm
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34. ^ CIO Today

Manned lunar spacecraft Orbiters Apollo Command/Service Module · Zond (Soyuz 7K-L1) · LOK (Soyuz 7K-L3) · Orion · Rus Landers Apollo Lunar Module · Lunniy Korabl · Altair

Robotic exploration of the Moon Programs Pioneer · Luna · Ranger · Zond · Surveyor · Lunar Orbiter · Lunokhod · Chinese Lunar Exploration Program · Lunar Precursor Robotic Program Orbiters Explorer 35 · Hiten · Clementine · Lunar Prospector · SMART-1 · Kaguya (Okina · Ouna) · Chang'e 1 · Chandrayaan-1 · Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Planned Luna-Glob 1 · GRAIL · LADEE · Chang'e 2 · Chandrayaan-2 · ILN Node 1 · ILN Node 2 · Chang'e 3 Proposed Selene-2 · MoonLITE · MoonRaker · Luna-Glob 2 · Google Lunar X Prize · ILN Node 3 · ILN Node 4 · Chang'e 4 Flybys Luna 1 · Luna 3 · Nozomi · Galileo · Cassini–Huygens Impactors Luna 2 · MIP · LCROSS Cancelled LUNAR-A · Lunar Observer · LEO See also Moon · Exploration of the Moon · Colonization of the Moon · Manned lunar spacecraft · List of artificial objects on the Moon Bold italics indicates active missions

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• Exploration of the Moon
• Robotic exploration of the Moon
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• SELENE
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• Zond program