The countries that have successfully landed spacecraft on the Moon are Russia/USSR, the United States, China, India, and Japan. If you count crewed landings , only the United States has landed humans on the Moon.

Quick Scoop

  • Russia/USSR — first soft landing in 1966.
  • United States — first crewed Moon landing in 1969, and still the only country to land humans there.
  • China — first landing in 2013, with a historic far-side landing in 2019.
  • India — successful soft landing in 2023 near the lunar south pole.
  • Japan — landed SLIM in 2024.

Important note

Some lists also include hard impacts or failed crash landings from other countries or organizations, but those are not the same as successful soft landings.

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