List of proposed missions to the Moon

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See also: List of lunar probes

There are several future lunar missions scheduled or proposed by various nations or organisations.

Under development

Country Name Launch due Nature of mission
(Private) GLXP Astrobotic Technology 2016[1] landing and roving
(Private) GLXP Moon Express 2017[2] mining
(Private) GLXP SpaceIL 2017[3] landing and roving
 Russia Luna 25 2024[4][5] planning the creation of a lunar base
 China Chang'e 4 "Before 2020"[6] landing and roving
 India Chandrayaan-2 2017[7][8] landing, roving, sample analyzing
 China Chang'e 5 2017[9] sample return
 USA Lunar Flashlight 2018[10] searching for water ice deposits
 Russia Luna 27 2020[11][12] planning the creation of a lunar base
 USA ILN Node 1 2018[13] first node of a lunar network
 Japan SLIM[14] 2019[15] pinpoint landing, roving[16][17]
 China Chang'e 6 2020[18] sample return

Proposed

Space probe missions

The following robotic space probe missions have been proposed:

Country Name Launch due
(Private) Google Lunar X Prize Some missions in 2015
 Japan SELENE-2[19] 2017[20]
 USA International Lunar Network[13] 2018[21]
 Russia Luna-Glob 2020 and 2021
 South Korea Moon orbiter and lander[22][23] 2020+
 North Korea Moon mission[24] Unknown
(Private) OpenLuna 2020+
 UK Lunar Mission One[25] 2024[26]

Manned missions

Country Name Proposed
launch date		 Nature of proposed mission
(Private) DSE-Alpha 2018[27] Mission to transport the first space tourists to fly around the Moon using Soyuz; proposed by Space Adventures (2005).[28][29][30]
 Japan JAXA 2020[31] Manned moon landing; proposed by JAXA.[31]
 USA EM-2 2023[32] Manned test of Orion spacecraft in Lunar orbit
 Europe Aurora programme[33] 2024+ Manned moon landing; proposed by ESA.[34]
 Russia Luna-Glob 2028[35] Manned lunar orbiter; proposed by Roscosmos[35]
 China CLEP 2025-2030[36] Manned moon landing; proposed by CNSA.[37][38]
 Japan JAXA 2030[31] Completion of manned lunar base; proposed by JAXA[31]
 Russia Luna-Glob 2030[35] Manned lunar landing; proposed by Roscosmos[35]
 Russia Lunnyj Poligon 2037 Completion of robotic lunar base; proposed by Roscosmos

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

Cancelled or indefinitely postponed

Country Name Launch due
 Japan Lunar-A 2004 Integrated into Russia's Luna-Glob 1 mission[39]
 Germany LEO 2012 Mission postponed indefinitely due to budgetary constraints[40]
 UK MoonLITE[41][42] 2014
 USA Constellation program 2020 Mission cancelled by Congress[43]
 Europe Lunar Lander[44][45] 2018 Cancelled in 2012
 USA MoonRise[46] 2018 Not funded by NASA in 2011 funding competition

See also

References

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