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Nations That Have Successfully Landed a Spacecraft on the Lunar Surface
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After India's Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the moon on Wednesday, India became just the fourth country to have successfully landed a spacecraft on the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-3 is also the first lander to arrive intact on the south pole of the moon.
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Country | successful impactor missions | successful lander missions |
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United States | 4 | 11 |
USSR | 1 | 7 |
China | 0 | 3 |
India | 1 | 1 |
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Note: Excludes impacts resulting from mission failures and the final stage of orbiter missions.
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