Top Countries to Land on Moon

20 Jan,2023

The very first nation to reach the surface of the moon was the USSR (now Russia), whose unmanned spacecraft Luna 2 impacted the moon' surface on 12 September 1959.

Russia 

The United States' Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969.

America

China successfully landed rovers on the Moon as part of the Chang'e program. Chang'e-3, China's first successful Moon landing with a rover, occurred on December 14, 2013.

China

Indian lunar lander Chandrayaan-3 successfully touched down on the lunar surface on August 23, 2023, making India the fourth nation to successfully land on the Moon

India 

Japan's lunar lander completed a successful touchdown on the moon’s surface on 20 January becomes the fifth country to land a craft on the moon

Japan