Mission Archive

ISRO · 2023

Moon

An ISRO mission that made India the fourth country to soft-land on the Moon and the first to land near its south pole. The lander and rover operated for one lunar day.

NASA · 2020

Mars

A NASA mission exploring Jezero crater for signs of ancient microbial life and collecting rock samples for possible return to Earth.

CNSA · 2020

Mars

China's first independent mission to Mars, which succeeded in orbiting, landing and deploying a rover in a single attempt.

CNSA · 2018

Moon

A CNSA mission that made the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, in Von Kármán crater, relaying its data through the Queqiao satellite.

CNSA · 2013

Moon

A CNSA mission that made the first soft landing on the Moon since 1976, setting down in Mare Imbrium with the Yutu rover.

NASA · 2011

Mars

A NASA mission that landed the Curiosity rover in Gale crater in 2012, where it found that Mars once had lakes and streams able to support microbial life.

NASA · 2003

Mars

One of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, built to last 90 days. It drove more than 45 km across Meridiani Planum over 14 years and found minerals that form in water.

NASA · 2003

Mars

One of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, which explored Gusev crater for more than six years and found evidence that hot water once flowed there.

NASA · 1996

Mars

A NASA technology demonstration that landed on Mars cushioned by airbags and delivered Sojourner, the first rover to operate on another planet.

USSR · 1970

Moon

A Soviet mission that landed Lunokhod 1, the first remote-controlled rover on another world, in Mare Imbrium.