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    ILEWG list of Lunar Projects

    (Updated June 2010)

    Missions in Lunar Operation

    • LRO LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER
      (NASA, launched on 18 June 2009 with LCROSS)
      http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/

    Missions in Data Exploitation phase

    • LCROSS Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite
      (NASA, impacted a polar crater on 9 October 2009, 11:30 UT)
      http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/
    • CHANDRAYAAN-1
      (ISRO, launched 22 October 2008)
      http://www.isro.org/Chandrayaan/htmls/home.htm
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan
    • SELENE (renamed KAGUYA)
      (JAXA, launched 14 September 2007)
      http://www.jaxa.jp/missions/projects/sat/exploration/selene/index_e.html
      http://moon.jaxa.jp/en/selene/outline/
      http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/selene/
    • CHANG'E 1 Chinese Lunar Orbiter Mission
      (CNSA, launched 24 October 2007)
      http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n615709/cindex.html
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_program
    • SMART-1 (ESA, launched 27 September 2003)
    • LUNAR PROSPECTOR (US NASA Discovery, 1998)
    • CLEMENTINE (US DoD, 1994)
    • MUSES-A HITEN

    Lunar Missions under Development

    • CHANG'E 2 Chinese Lunar Orbiter Mission (to be launched in 2010)
    • GRAIL Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
      (NASA Discovery, to be launched in 2011)
      http://moon.mit.edu/
      http://discovery.nasa.gov/grail.html
    • LADEE Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer
      (NASA robotic lunar Exploration, to be launched in 2012) http://nasascience.nasa.gov/missions/ladee
    • GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE GLXP
      (competition for the first funded team to send a robot to the moon, travel 500 meters and transmit video, images and data back to the Earth before end 2012) There are currently (as of sept 2009) 21 GLXP teams registered.
      http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/
    • ESMO European Student Moon Orbiter (to be launched in 2013) http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Education/SEML0MPR4CF_0.html
    • CHANDRAYAAN-2 Lunar Orbiter and Lander/Rover
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-2
    • CHANG'E 3 Chinese Soft Lander (to be launched in 2013)
    • LUNAGLOB
      (Russian Space Agency, launch 2013 TBC)
      http://www.roscosmos.ru/index.asp?Lang=ENG
      http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft_planetary_lunar.html
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna-Glob

    Lunar Missions under Study

    • ILN International Lunar Network
      http://nasascience.nasa.gov/missions/iln
    • MoonLITE Telecom Orbiter and Penetrator
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoonLITE
    • CHANG'E 4 Chinese Automated Sample Return (to be launched in 2017)
    • NASA Altair Lander http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/altair/index.html
    • MoonNEXT
      http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/leagilewg2008/presentations/
      oct30am/Carpenter4037.pdf
       
    • ESA Lunar Cargo Lander
      http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMBM4CDNRF_index_0.html

    Past Agency-Funded Projects and Studies

    • LUNAR-A
      (JAXA/ISAS, planned for launch TBD)
      http://www.jaxa.jp/missions/projects/sat/exploration/lunar_a/index_e.html
      http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/lunar-a/
    • TRAILBLAZER
      (TransOrbital, planned for launch TBD)
      http://www.transorbital.net/TB_mission.html
    • LEO Lunar Exploration Orbiter
    • EUROMOON (1996-1997)
    • LEDA (1993-1996)
    • LOOM (past study for SELENE)
    • MORO (1994-1996)


    Last Update: 30 Jun 2010

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