Missions

Spacecraft, payloads and instruments with a resource objective, with their schedule, outcome and evidence. Each kind is counted separately. Compare two or three side by side.

31 spacecraft · 13 payloads · 4 instruments. Plus 5 science missions listed for context and not counted as resource missions; they appear in the table and its filters, marked Science context. Missions not yet flown come first, then flown missions, then cancelled or stalled ones; within each group the latest date comes first, and a mission with only a planned landing is listed by that landing.

Guide: Missions by resource.

Target Status 53 of 53 shown

Mission	Kind	Operator	Target	Launch	Phase	Outcome	Highest evidence
Intuitive Machines CLPS south-pole delivery (2026 award, 2030 target)Prospecting	Spacecraft	Intuitive Machines	Moon	Landing Planned 2030 (target)	Announced	Not applicable	Targeted
Chang'e-8ISRU demonstration	Spacecraft	China National Space Administration	Moon	Planned 2029 (target)	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 4 (NASA CLPS task order CS-6, lunar south pole)Prospecting	Spacecraft	Firefly Aerospace	Moon	Planned, no earlier than 2029	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
ispace Mission 4 (ULTRA lander; formerly Mission 6)Prospecting	Spacecraft	ispace, inc.	Moon	Planned 2029 (target)	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
MAGPIE (Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration) roverProspecting	Payload	ispace EUROPE S.A.	Moon	Planned 2029 (target)	Manifested	Not applicable	Targeted
MoonRanger micro-rover (Astrobotic / Carnegie Mellon University, Neutron Spectrometer System)Prospecting	Payload	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Moon	Planned, no earlier than 2029	Manifested	Not applicable	Targeted
PROMISE (Polar Rover for Observation, Mapping, and In-Situ Exploration)Prospecting	Spacecraft	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Moon	Planned 2028 H2 (target) Date details Schedule announced 2026-11-07. Record checked 2026-11-10.	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) / MBR ExplorerProspecting	Spacecraft	UAE Space Agency	Main-belt asteroid	Planned 2028-03 (window)	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
Karman+ Mission 1 (High Frontier, Corvus spacecraft)Technology demonstration	Spacecraft	Karman+	Near-Earth asteroid	Planned 2028 (target)	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
LUPEX / Chandrayaan-5 (Lunar Polar Exploration mission)Prospecting	Spacecraft	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Indian Space Research Organisation	Moon	Planned, no earlier than 2028	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
Blue Moon Mark 1 (second lander) - VIPER deliveryProspecting	Spacecraft	Blue Origin	Moon	Landing Planned 2027 H2 (target)	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)Prospecting	Payload	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Moon	Landing Planned 2027 H2 (target)	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
DeepSpace-2Prospecting	Spacecraft	AstroForge	Near-Earth asteroid	Planned 2027 Q1 (target)	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 2 (Riders 2 the Dark)Prospecting	Spacecraft	Firefly Aerospace	Moon	Planned, no earlier than 2027	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
Intuitive Machines IM-4 (Nova-C lander, NASA CLPS task order CP-22)Prospecting	Spacecraft	Intuitive Machines	Moon	Planned 2027 (target)	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
PROSPECT (Package for Resource Observation, in-Situ Prospecting for Exploration, Characterisation & Testing)Prospecting	Payload	European Space Agency	Moon	Planned 2027 (target)	Manifested	Not applicable	Targeted
Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1, NASA Moon Base II)Prospecting	Spacecraft	Astrobotic Technology	Moon	Planned, no earlier than 2026-11	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
METAL multispectral camera (Interlune / NASA Ames) on Griffin-1Prospecting	Instrument	Interlune	Moon	Planned 2026 H2 (target)	Manifested	Not applicable	Targeted
Blue Origin Oasis-1 lunar resource-mapping orbiter (Project Oasis, with Luxembourg)Prospecting	Spacecraft	Blue Origin	Moon	Not recorded	Announced	Not applicable	Targeted
Chang'e-7Prospecting	Spacecraft	China National Space Administration	Moon	Not recorded	Manifested	Not applicable	Targeted
LUNAR-RABBIT water and metal-element exploration instruments (University of Tokyo)Prospecting	Instrument	The University of Tokyo	Moon	Not recorded	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
Magna Petra HALO (Helium Availability of Lunar Origin) reconnaissance payloadProspecting	Payload	ispace EUROPE S.A.	Moon	Not recorded	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
ORACLE lunar oxygen-extraction payload (Italian Space Agency)ISRU demonstration	Payload	Italian Space Agency	Moon	Not recorded	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
Prospect Moon (Interlune payload suite)Prospecting	Payload	Interlune	Moon	Not recorded	In development	Not applicable	Targeted
TransAstra 1-meter Capture Bag ISS demonstrationTechnology demonstration	Payload	TransAstra	Other	2025-09	Ended	Success	No level assigned
Intuitive Machines IM-2 (Athena lander)Prospecting	Spacecraft	Intuitive Machines	Moon	2025-02-26	Ended	Partial	Targeted
Lunar Outpost Lunar Voyage 1 (MAPP rover on IM-2)Resource purchase demonstration	Payload	Lunar Outpost	Moon	2025-02-26	Ended	Failure	Targeted
Lunar TrailblazerProspecting	Spacecraft	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Moon	2025-02-26	Ended	Failure	Targeted
OdinFlyby	Spacecraft	AstroForge	Near-Earth asteroid	2025-02-26	Ended	Failure	Targeted
PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1)Technology demonstration	Payload	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Moon	2025-02-26	Ended	Partial	Targeted
Puli Lunar Water Snooper (PLWS) on IM-2Prospecting	Instrument	Puli Space Technologies	Moon	2025-02-26	Ended	Unknown	Targeted
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Ghost Riders in the Sky)Technology demonstration	Spacecraft	Firefly Aerospace	Moon	2025-01-15	Ended	Success	Sampled
SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon (ispace Mission 2, RESILIENCE lander)Resource purchase demonstration	Spacecraft	ispace, inc.	Moon	2025-01-15	Ended	Failure	Targeted
TENACIOUS micro-rover (ispace-EUROPE)Resource purchase demonstration	Payload	ispace EUROPE S.A.	Moon	2025-01-15	Ended	Failure	Targeted
Chang'e-6 Science contextSample return	Spacecraft	China National Space Administration	Moon	2024-05-03	Ended	Success	Sampled
Astrobotic Peregrine Mission OneProspecting	Spacecraft	Astrobotic Technology	Moon	2024-01-08	Ended	Failure	Targeted
Brokkr-1Technology demonstration	Spacecraft	AstroForge	Other	2023-04-15	Ended	Partial	Claimed
HAKUTO-R Mission 1 (ispace M1 lander)Resource purchase demonstration	Spacecraft	ispace, inc.	Moon	2022-12-11	Ended	Failure	Targeted
Lunar FlashlightProspecting	Spacecraft	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Moon	2022-12-11	Ended	Failure	Targeted
Chang'e-5 Science contextSample return	Spacecraft	China National Space Administration	Moon	2020-11-24	Ended	Success	Sampled
Mars 2020 Perseverance roverTransport	Spacecraft	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Mars	2020-07-30	Surface operations	Not applicable	No level assigned
MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment)ISRU demonstration	Instrument	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Mars	2020-07-30	Ended	Success	Processing demo
Arkyd-6Technology demonstration	Spacecraft	Planetary Resources	Other	2018-01-12	Ended	Success	Claimed
OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer)Sample return	Spacecraft	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Near-Earth asteroid	2016-09-08	Ended	Success	Sampled
Arkyd-3 Reflight (A3R)Technology demonstration	Spacecraft	Planetary Resources	Other	2015-04-14	Ended	Unknown	No level assigned
Hayabusa2 (Ryugu sample return) Science contextSample return	Spacecraft	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	Near-Earth asteroid	2014-12-03	Ended	Success	Sampled
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) Science contextProspecting	Spacecraft	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Moon	2009-06-18	Ended	Success	Detected
Chandrayaan-1 Science contextProspecting	Spacecraft	Indian Space Research Organisation	Moon	2008-10-22	Ended	Success	Detected
Masten Mission One (XL-1 lander, NASA CLPS task order TO19C)Prospecting	Spacecraft	Masten Space Systems, Inc.	Moon	Former plan: 2023-11 Date details Historical. The mission was cancelled.	Cancelled	Not applicable	Targeted
Canadian Lunar Rover Mission (CSA Lunar Rover Mission, LRM)Prospecting	Payload	Canadian Space Agency	Moon	Not recorded	Cancelled	Not applicable	Targeted
ESA lunar ISRU demonstration mission (oxygen-from-regolith payload; not flown)ISRU demonstration	Payload	European Space Agency	Moon	Not recorded	Stalled	Not applicable	Targeted
Moon Express MX-1E first lunar mission (Google Lunar XPRIZE attempt)Technology demonstration	Spacecraft	Moon Express, Inc.	Moon	Not recorded	Stalled	Not applicable	No level assigned
Prospector-X (Deep Space Industries experimental nano-spacecraft, Luxembourg MoU 2016)Technology demonstration	Spacecraft	Deep Space Industries	Other	Not recorded	Stalled	Not applicable	No level assigned
No mission matches these filters.