Moon siteFar side1 mission record, none still planned

Missions to Apollo basin

One mission record in this dataset names Apollo basin: Chang'e-6 (Ended · outcome: Success).

Map positions are display geometry, not landing points. This site in the Moon map's site list.

Facts

IAU name: Apollo
Gazetteer type: Crater (basin)
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Feature 326Accessed 2026-10-31
Centre: 35.69°S, 151.48°WPlanetographic, east positive. The named feature's centre, not a landing point.
Diameter: 524.23 km
North-south extent: 28.12°S to 44.19°SDrawn as the dashed circle on the map; the record's site lies in or near it.
Side of the Moon: Far side

Where it is

Ring: has a mission not yet launchedSolid: every mission launched, cancelled or stalledDashed circle: the named feature's extent from the Gazetteer; the record's site lies in or near it. Centres are not landing points.Schematic positions only; no terrain is drawn.

See Apollo basin on the 3D Moon

Mission records

1 record

Each record's own target site, verbatim. Payloads and instruments are placed by their own record's target site.

Mission	Kind	Operator	Target site in the record	Status	Carried by
Chang'e-6 Science context	Spacecraft	China National Space Administration	Apollo basin within the South Pole-Aitken basin, lunar far side	Ended · outcome: Success	Not carried
Nothing recorded.

Other Moon sites

Mare FrigorisMoon near side; 2 mission records, none still planned
Atlas craterMoon near side; 1 mission record, none still planned
Mons RümkerMoon near side; 1 mission record, none still planned
Sinus ViscositatisMoon near side; 1 mission record, none still planned
Mons LatreilleMoon near side; 1 mission record, none still planned
Nassau craterMoon far side; 1 mission record, 1 not yet launched
Mons MoutonLunar south pole; 7 mission records, 3 not yet launched
Cabeus craterLunar south pole; 1 mission record, none still planned
Haworth craterLunar south pole; 2 mission records, 2 not yet launched
Lunar south pole missions23 records, 15 not yet launched

Cite this page

SpaceMiningData, “Missions to Apollo basin”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/sites/apollo-basin.html. Position: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature; USGS Astrogeology Science Center), feature 326, accessed 2026-10-31. A named feature's centre is not a landing point.