List of lunar probes (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of lunar probes" in English language version.

Last modified: 18:21:43, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

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1816spacenews.com

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21chinanews.com

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11fireflyspace.com

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11arstechnica.com

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arstechnica.com (Global: 473^rd place; English: 338^th place)

Berger, Eric (2025-03-13). "Athena landed in a dark crater where the temperature was minus 280° F". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2025-03-18.

chinanews.com (Global: 1,269^th place; English: 3,867^th place)

m.chinanews.com

"嫦娥六号探测器成功实施近月制动顺利进入环月轨道飞行" (in Simplified Chinese). 中国新闻网. 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-08.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)

Wattles, Jackie; Fisher, Kristin (2024-01-08). "Peregrine mission abandons Moon landing attempt after suffering 'critical' fuel loss". CNN. Retrieved 2024-01-09.

esa.int (Global: 1,073^rd place; English: 1,115^th place)

sci.esa.int

"JUICE – JUpiter ICy moons Explorer". European Space Agency. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

fireflyspace.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Blue Ghost Mission 1". Firefly Aerospace. Retrieved 2025-03-18.

ieee.org (Global: 912^th place; English: 722^nd place)

spectrum.ieee.org

"China's Moon Missions Shadow NASA Artemis's Pace - IEEE Spectrum". IEEE.

intuitivemachines.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

investors.intuitivemachines.com

"Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Lunar Lander Successfully Commissioned and En Route to the Moon". investors.intuitivemachines.com. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

isro.gov.in (Global: 6,568^th place; English: 3,982^nd place)

"Chandrayaan-1 - ISRO". www.isro.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2022-07-15.

jaxa.jp (Global: 3,149^th place; English: 4,634^th place)

global.jaxa.jp

"SLIM Project Press Kit" (PDF). JAXA.

nasa.gov (Global: 12^th place; English: 73^rd place)

nasa.gov

"NASA Funds CubeSat Pathfinder Mission to Unique Lunar Orbit". NASA (Press release). 13 September 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
"CLPS Providers - NASA". Retrieved 2025-03-18.
"NASA Cameras on Blue Ghost Capture First-of-its-Kind Moon Landing Footage - NASA". 2025-03-13. Retrieved 2025-03-18.

blogs.nasa.gov

Figliozzi, Gianine (8 June 2022). "CAPSTONE Mission Launch No Longer Targeting June 13". NASA. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
"LunaH-Map Mission". 3 August 2023.

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

Komiya, Kantaro; Roulette, Joey (25 April 2023). "Japan's ispace assumes failure in bid to make first commercial moon landing". Reuters – via www.reuters.com.

rocketlabusa.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Funded Commercial Moon Mission from New Zealand". Rocket Lab. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

russianspaceweb.com (Global: 4,664^th place; English: 3,774^th place)

Zak, Anatoly (19 August 2023). "Luna-Glob mission lifts off". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

space.com (Global: 862^nd place; English: 703^rd place)

Wall, Mike (November 21, 2022). "NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft aces close moon flyby in crucial engine burn". Space.com. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
Wall, Mike (November 23, 2022). "Artemis 1 cubesat fails to fire engine as planned during moon flyby". Space.com. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
Howell, Elizabeth (February 9, 2023). "Tiny NASA moon probe can't reach lunar orbit as planned". Space.com. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
Andrew Jones (2025-03-11). "Watch sparks fly as Blue Ghost lander drills into the moon (video)". Space.com. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
Mike Wall (2025-03-17). "Farewell, Blue Ghost! Private moon lander goes dark to end record-breaking commercial lunar mission". Space.com. Retrieved 2025-03-18.

spaceanddefense.io (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Firefly CEO Bullish on Blue Ghost January Launch - SPACE & DEFENSE". 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2025-03-18.

spacenews.com (Global: 1,465^th place; English: 1,000^th place)

"A Chinese spacecraft is testing out a new orbit around the moon". SpaceNews. 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
"Chang'e-5 orbiter embarks on extended mission to Sun-Earth Lagrange point". SpaceNews. 2020-12-21. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
"China's Chang'e-5 orbiter is heading back to the moon". SpaceNews. 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
"NASA ends Lunar Flashlight mission because of thruster problems". 15 May 2023.
Jones, Andrew (19 January 2024). "Japan makes history with tense, successful moon landing". SpaceNews. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
Jones, Andrew (2024-01-22). "Japan's moon lander forced to power down but may yet be revived". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
Jones, Andrew (29 January 2024). "SLIM moon lander revived after solar power setback". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
Jones, Andrew (2024-03-14). "Surprise Chinese lunar mission hit by launch anomaly". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
Jones, Andrew (2024-08-20). "Chinese spacecraft appear to reach lunar orbit despite launch setback". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
Jones, Andrew (2024-03-28). "China appears to be trying to save stricken spacecraft from lunar limbo". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
Jones, Andrew (10 January 2024). "China's Chang'e-6 probe arrives at spaceport for first-ever lunar far side sample mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
Jones, Andrew (6 June 2024). "Chang'e-6 spacecraft dock in lunar orbit ahead of journey back to Earth". SpaceNews. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
Jones, Andrew (6 May 2024). "China's Chang'e-6 is carrying a surprise rover to the moon". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
Jones, Andrew (10 September 2024). "China's Chang'e-6 orbiter tunrs up at Sun-Earth Lagrange point after moon sampling mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
Foust, Jeff (2025-03-17). "Firefly Aerospace wraps up successful Blue Ghost 1 mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
Foust, Jeff (2025-03-07). "IM-2 lunar lander mission ends". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2025-03-18.

theweek.in (Global: 2,613^th place; English: 1,279^th place)

How did Chandrayaan 2 fail? ISRO finally has the answer. Mahesh Guptan, The Week. 16 November 2019.

twitter.com (Global: 43^rd place; English: 43^rd place)

Lockheed Martin Space [@LMSpace] (9 December 2022). "As a @LockheedMartin funded tech demo mission, LunIR's primary goal was to gain knowledge to support future exploration. While we ran into an unexpected issue with our radio signal and couldn't snap any pics of the Moon, we DID try something new, and here's what we learned" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 December 2022 – via Twitter.
S.Korean Spaceflight [@KOR_Spaceflight] (28 July 2022). "Danuri(KPLO) launch now scheduled for August 5th 08:08 KST, according to MSIT/KARI" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Chandrayaan-1 - ISRO". www.isro.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
Jones, Andrew (6 May 2024). "China's Chang'e-6 is carrying a surprise rover to the moon". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

x.com (Global: 58^th place; English: 125^th place)

"2/3 mission plans and procedures in order to deploy its CubeSat camera system. Despite the team's strong effort, the technical complications ultimately resulted in an inability to capture images of the Odysseus lander".

youtube.com (Global: 13^th place; English: 14^th place)

小型月着陸実証機（SLIM）および小型プローブ（LEV）の月面着陸の結果・成果等の記者会見, 24 January 2024, retrieved 2024-01-25
Firefly Aerospace (2025-03-02). Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lunar Landing. Retrieved 2025-03-18 – via YouTube.
Intuitive Machines (2025-03-06). Intuitive Machines IM-2 Mission Landing Live Stream. Retrieved 2025-03-18 – via YouTube.