Chinese Lunar Exploration Program

Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
中国探月工程
Zhōngguó Tànyuè Gōngchéng
Program insignia: a lunar crescent with two footprints at its center. The symbol resembles 月, the Chinese character for "Moon".
Program overview
CountryChina
OrganizationChina National Space Administration (CNSA)
PurposeRobotic Moon missions
Human spaceflight (beginning 2030)
StatusOngoing
Program history
Duration23 January 2004–present
First flightChang'e 1, 24 October 2007, 10:05:04.602 (2007-10-24UTC10:05:04Z) UTC
Last flightChang'e 6, 3 May 2024, 09:27:29.132 (2024-05-03UTC09:27:29Z) UTC
Successes9
Failures0
Launch site(s)
Vehicle information
Uncrewed vehicle(s)lunar orbiters, landers, rovers and sample return spacecraft
Launch vehicle(s)

The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP; Chinese: 中国探月工程; pinyin: Zhōngguó Tànyuè Gōngchéng), also known as the Chang'e Project (Chinese: 嫦娥工程; pinyin: Cháng'é Gōngchéng) after the Chinese Moon goddess Chang'e, is an ongoing series of robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).