Lunar Robotic Explorers

, impactors, , , and sample-return missions built to explore the Moon.

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Falcon 9 Block 5Orbital launch vehicleActiveFalcon 9 Block 5, produced or operated by SpaceX, launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, Sentinel-6B into the precise orbit required for ocean altimetry.

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Contextual image from Pioneer P-3; it documents a canonically related mission, not the exact Pioneer P-3 record.

Pioneer P-3Uncrewed lunar orbiter attemptLostPioneer P-3 was built for Pioneer P-3, an early Pioneer uncrewed lunar orbiter attempt.

No imageAble 1Uncrewed lunar orbiter attemptAble 1 was built for Pioneer 0, an early Pioneer uncrewed lunar orbiter attempt.

No imageAble 2Uncrewed lunar orbiter attempt and near-Earth science missionAble 2 was built for Pioneer 1, an early Pioneer uncrewed lunar orbiter attempt and near-earth science mission.

No imageAble 3Uncrewed lunar orbiter attemptAble 3 was built for Pioneer 2, an early Pioneer uncrewed lunar orbiter attempt.

No imageChang'e 6 orbiter, returner, lander, and ascenderFour-element robotic lunar sample-return spacecraftMission concludedChang'e 6 orbiter, returner, lander, and ascender divides a complete lunar sample-return chain among specialized elements.

No imageLunar Orbiter 2 spacecraftRobotic lunar photographic orbiterExpendedLunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft was one of five Boeing-built photographic orbiters managed by NASA Langley.

No imageLunar Orbiter 3 spacecraftRobotic lunar photographic orbiterExpendedLunar Orbiter 3 spacecraft was one of five Boeing-built photographic orbiters managed by NASA Langley.

No imageLunar Orbiter 5 spacecraftRobotic lunar photographic orbiterExpendedLunar Orbiter 5 spacecraft was one of five Boeing-built photographic orbiters managed by NASA Langley.

No imagePioneer P-30Uncrewed lunar orbiter attemptPioneer P-30 was built for Pioneer P-30, an early Pioneer uncrewed lunar orbiter attempt.

No imagePioneer P-31Uncrewed lunar orbiter attemptPioneer P-31 was built for Pioneer P-31, an early Pioneer uncrewed lunar orbiter attempt.

No imageSurveyor 3 spacecraftRobotic lunar landerMission concludedSurveyor 3 spacecraft was a three-legged Surveyor lander built by Hughes under JPL management.

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