United Nations have successfully Moon Mission 39 out of 59, First spacecraft to reach lunar surface-12.09.1959 by USSR, First spacecraft to soft land on the far side of the Moon -07.12.2008 by China.
Moon Missions by Country
Country
Total
Successful
USA
59
39
USSR
58
18
China
8
4
Japan
4
2
India
3
2
Moon Missions by organization / company
Country
Agency or company
Total
Successful
USA
NASA
55
36
USSR
Lavochkin
40
16
USSR
Energia
18
2
China
CNSA
8
4
Japan
ISAS
4
2
India
ISRO
3
2
USA
USAF
2
1
UAE
UAESA
1
–
Israel
SpaceIL
1
–
Russia
Roscosmos
1
1
Luxembourg
LuxSpace
1
1
USA
Lockheed Martin
1
1
South Korea
KARI
1
1
Japan
JAXA
1
1
Japan
ispace
1
–
USA
Fluid & Reason
1
1
EU
ESA
1
1
Italy
ASI
1
1
Important Successful Moon Mission by Country
Country
Launch Date
Mission / Spacecraft
Carrier rocket
Outcome
Soviet Union
12.09.1959
Luna 2
Luna
First spacecraft to reach lunar surface
United States
28.07.1964
Ranger-7
Atlas LV-3 Agena-B
United States
23.04.1962
Ranger-5
Atlas LV-3 Agena-B
First spacecraft to impact the far side of the Moon
Soviet Union
31.01.1966
Luna 9
Molniya-M
First spacecraft to land successfully on the Moon
Soviet Union
31.03.1966
Luna 10
Molniya-M
first spacecraft to orbit the Moon
United States
21.12.1968
Apollo 8
Saturn V
First crewed mission to the Moon
United States
16.07.1969
Apollo 11
Saturn V
First crewed landing on the Moon
Soviet Union
12.09.1970
Luna 16
Proton-K/D
First robotic sampling mission
India
22.12.2018
Chandrayaan-1
PSLV-XL C11
first to impact the Lunar south pole
China
07.12.2018
Chang’e 4
Long March 3B
First spacecraft to soft land on the far side of the Moon
India
23.08.2023
Chandrayaan-3
LVM3-M4
First spacecraft to land successfully on south side on the Moon
