Following are the recent missions to moon:
- Hiten: A project of the Japanese Space Agency was launched from the Uchinaoura Space Center in Japan on January 24, 1990.
- Clementine: A joint project between the Strategic Defence Initiative Organisation and NASA, it was launched from Vandenberg AFB aboard a Titan IIG rocket on January 25, 1994.
- Asiasat 3/HGS-1: A project funded by Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co Limited (the Peoples Republic of China) and Pan American Satellite (United States) was launched from Tyuratam in Kazakhstan on Dec 24, 1997.
- Lunar Prospector: Was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre on January 7, 1998.
- Smart 1: Was launched from Kourou in French Guiana on September 27, 2003.
- Kaguya: Was launched from Tanegashima in Japan on September 14, 2007.
- Chang'E 1: Was launched from Xichang in China on October 24, 2007.
- Chandrayaan-1: Was launched from Sriharikota in India on October 22, 2008.
