Lunar Lander

7 vehicles · Lunar Lander

Every lunar lander aircraft cataloged in the Who That Plane?! database — manufacturer, country, era, and key performance specs for each design, with deep links to full Wikipedia summaries.

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CNSA Chang'e 5 — Robotic Lunar Sample Return Lander / Lunar Sample Return

CASC · Robotic Lunar Sample Return Lander / Lunar Sample Return · China · 2020

Photo: China News Service · CC BY 3.0

Grumman Apollo Lunar Module (LM) — Crewed Lunar Lander / Crewed Lunar Descent, Surface Operations and Ascent

Grumman Apollo Lunar Module (LM)

Grumman · Crewed Lunar Lander / Crewed Lunar Descent, Surface Operations and Ascent · USA · 1969

Photo: NASA · Public domain

Hughes Surveyor 1–7 — Robotic Lunar Soft Landers (Apollo Prep)

Hughes Surveyor 1–7

Hughes Aircraft · Robotic Lunar Soft Landers (Apollo Prep) · USA · 1966

Photo: Reubenbarton · Public domain

Intuitive Machines Nova-C (IM-1 Odysseus) — Commercial Robotic Lunar Lander / NASA Payload Delivery / Lunar South Pole Reconnaissance

Intuitive Machines Nova-C (IM-1 Odysseus)

Intuitive Machines · Commercial Robotic Lunar Lander / NASA Payload Delivery / Lunar South Pole Reconnaissance · USA · 2024

Photo: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center / Intuitive Machines · Public domain

ISRO Chandrayaan-3 Vikram — Robotic Lunar Lander / Rover / Lunar South Pole Surface Science / Technology Demonstration

ISRO Chandrayaan-3 Vikram

ISRO · Robotic Lunar Lander / Rover / Lunar South Pole Surface Science / Technology Demonstration · India · 2023

Photo: Indian Space Research Organisation · GODL-India

NASA JPL / Martin Marietta Viking Landers 1 & 2 — First Successful Mars Surface Science Landers

NASA JPL / Martin Marietta Viking Landers 1 & 2

Martin Marietta · First Successful Mars Surface Science Landers · USA · 1976

Photo: Don Davis · Public domain

OKB-1 Luna 9 — Robotic Lunar Soft Lander / First Soft Landing on the Moon / Surface Imaging

OKB-1 · Robotic Lunar Soft Lander / First Soft Landing on the Moon / Surface Imaging · USSR · 1966

Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0