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Countries that have Landed on the Moon

Countries that have Landed on the Moon: compare 5 countries on 4 metrics.

History5 countries · 4 metricsUpdated Oct 26, 2025Original page
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ChinaChang’e 3, Chang'e 4+12013-12-14, 2019-01-03+1—Chang'e 4 - First successful landing on the dark side of the moon
IndiaChandrayaan-32023-08-23—First successful soft landing near the lunar South Pole.
JapanSLIM2024-01-19——
RussiaLuna 09, Luna 13+51966-02-03, 1966-12-24+5—Luna 09 - First craft to successfully soft-land on the moon, Luna 16 - First unmanned mission to successfully return samples to Earth
United StatesSurveyor 1, Surveyor 3+91966-06-02, 1967-04-20+9Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17Surveyor 6 - First craft to lift off lunar surface after landing, Apollo 11 - First mission in which humans walked on the moon+1

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Where does this countries that have landed on the moon data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: A brief history of moon exploration - National Geographic; Interactive Map Shows All 21 Successful Moon Landings - Smithsonian; List of Missions to the Moon -Wiki; How Many Times Has the US Landed on the Moon? - History.com.

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