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As of January 2025, there have been a total twenty six successful soft landings on the Moon carried out by five countries that include United States, Soviet Union, Japan, China and India. Among these, a total of six soft landings were crewed (Apollo) conducted by United States.
The Saturn V's all-up testing strategy and relatively good success rate accomplished the first Moon landing on the sixth flight, leaving ten available for Moon landings through Apollo 20, [44] but waning public interest in the program led to decreased Congressional funding, forcing NASA to economize.
The first three attempts by the U.S. to perform a successful hard Moon landing with a ruggedized seismometer package in 1962 all failed. [13] The Soviets first achieved the milestone of a hard lunar landing with a ruggedized camera in 1966, followed only months later by the first uncrewed soft lunar landing by the U.S.
The successful mission is China's second on the far side of the moon, a region no other country has reached. ... The U.S., with its Artemis program, also envisions a crewed moon landing by late ...
“All previous successful landings on the moon have been limited to equatorial to mid-latitude regions,” he said. “Chandrayaan-3 is the first mission to have a successful landing in the polar ...
Unsuccessful attempt at soft landing; crashed into Moon. Luna 8: USSR: 6 December 1965: Unsuccessful attempt at soft landing; crashed into Moon. Luna 9: USSR: 3 February 1966: First successful soft landing; first pictures from the surface. Surveyor 1: USA
Twelve men walked on the Moon during six Moon landings of the Apollo program between July 1969 and December 1972. All landed on the surface only once, and five missions consisted of two or more surface extravehicular activities (EVAs). Four of them are alive as of January 2025 with an average age of 91 years. Most astronauts at that time came ...
The Moon Courtesy World Monuments Fund As space exploration advances, the preservation of early Moon landing sites, like Tranquility Base, is crucial to protect humanity’s collective achievements.