Lunar Missions
Mission Name | Agency* | Data Release Status** | Location of Information or Data Archives |
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Lunar Orbiters 1-5 | NASA | Aug 1966 - Aug 1967 | NASA GSFC NASA PDS |
Apollo | NASA | 1961-1975 | NASA PDS |
Clementine | NASA,DOE | Feb 1994 - May 1994 | PDS Geosciences Node NASA/IMG |
Smart-1 | ESA | Sep 2003 - Sep 2006 | PSA |
Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) | NASA | Sep 1996 | NASA PDS |
Pre-Magellan | NASA | Nov 1968 - Aug 1988 | NASA PDS |
Apollo | NASA | 1969 - 1977 | NASA PDS |
Lunar Prospector | NASA | Jan 1998 - Jul 1999 | NASA PDS |
Kaguya/Selene | JAXA | Dec 2007 - Jun 2009 | JAXA/Kaguya NASA PDS/GEO NASA/IMG |
Chandrayaan-1 | ISRO | Nov 2008 - Aug 2009 | ISRO/ISSDC ESA PSA NASA/IMG NASA PDS/GEO |
LCROSS | NASA | Jun 2009 - Oct 2009 | NASA PDS |
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter | NASA | June 2009 - ongoing | NASA PDS/GEO NASA/IMG |
GRAIL | NASA | Mar 2012 - Dec 2012 | NASA PDS |
LADEE | NASA | Nov 2013 - Apr 2014 | NASA PDS |
Chandrayaan-2 | ISRO | Sep 2019 - ongoing | ISSDC |
Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter | KARI | 1-Aug-22 | KARI |
Chandrayaan-3 | ISRO | 2022 | ISRO ISSDC |
Luna-25 | Roscosmos,IKI | 2022 | Roscosmos,IKI |
Luna-26 Orbiter | Roscosmos,IKI | 2024 | Roscosmos,IKI |
Luna-27 | Roscosmos,IKI | 2025 | Roscosmos,IKI |
Emirates Lunar Mission/Rashid Rover | MBRSC | 2022 | MBRSC |
LUPEX | ISRO/JAXA | 2024 | ISSDC, DARTS |
*Glossary
Non-lunar Missions with Lunar Data
Mission Name | Agency* | Data Release Status** | Location of Information or Data Archives |
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MESSENGER | NASA | Aug 2004 - Apr 2015 | NASA PDS/GEO NASA/IMG |
Cassini | NASA,ESA,ASI | 1997-2017 | NASA PDS/Rings NASA PDS/RINGS |
Galileo | NASA | 1989 - 2003 | NASA PDS/PPI |
Mariner 10 | NASA | Mar 1974 - Mar 1975 | NASA/IMG |
Rosetta | ESA | 2004 - 2016 | ESA PSA NASA/PDS |
Hayabusa | JAXA | May 2003 - Nov 2005 | NASA PDS/PSI |
Hayabusa2 | JAXA | 2014 - 2020 | NASA PDS/PSI NASA PDS/PSI |
Juno | NASA | 2011 - 2021 | NASA PDS/ATM NASA PDS/ATM |
NEAR | NASA | 1996 - 2001 | NASA PDS/PSI |
EPOXI | NASA | 2007 - 2013 | NASA PDS/SB NASA PDS/SB |
Lunar data were obtained the cruise or engineering phase and may not be fully archived or processed. They will be storred early in the mission archive.
* Glossary
** Dates are for all mission data, not just lunar data
*** Black indicates location of mission data, Green of specific location od lunar datasets
Useful Non-Mission Data Sets
Product Name | Agency* | Data Release Status** | Location of Information or Data Archives |
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Lunar Spectroscopy | NASA | Apr 1978 - Jul 1983 | NASA PDS/GEO |
Lunar Radar Altimetry | NASA | Oct 1997 | NASA PDS/GEO |
70 cm Lunar Radar | NASA | Oct 2003 - Oct 2006 | NASA PDS/GEO |
12.6 cm (S-band) Lunar Radar | NASA | Dec 2007 - May 2013 | NASA PDS/GEO |
Lunar Crustal Magnetic Field Map | NASA | 2020 | NASA PDS/PPI |
Lunar Solar Wind Interactions | NASA | 2021 | NASA PDS/PPI |
Lunar Geological Maps | NASA | NASA PDS & USGS | |
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Map | NASA | NASA/ASU |