BUILD · THE FLEET · MOON
Every rover, lander and orbiter that reached the Moon — half a century of them, to real scale.
From the Soviet Lunokhod and America's Apollo rover to China's Yutu, India's Pragyan and Vikram, Japan's pinpoint SLIM and the first commercial landers — stand them side by side on the regolith. Then rise into orbit and trace every mapper's path, from the 1960s Lunar Orbiters to today's LRO and Chandrayaan-2.
Every rover & lander at Moon — to true relative scale.
The whole roster, as real machines. Where an agency publishes a 3D model we show it — NASA public-domain models and community models under Creative Commons. Where none exists, a faithful procedural twin is built from the craft's real dimensions, so nothing is missing.
| Craft | Agency | Type | Arrived | Size | Status | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Lunar Rover | NASA | Rover | 1971 | 3.1 m | Historic — Apollo 15, 16, 17 | Procedural twin |
| Lunokhod 1 | Roscosmos | Rover | 1970 | 2.2 m | Historic — first robotic rover on any world | Procedural twin |
| Yutu ('Jade Rabbit') | CNSA | Rover | 2013 | 1.5 m | Historic — China's first Moon rover | Procedural twin |
| Pragyan | ISRO | Rover | 2023 | 90 cm | Historic — first near the lunar south pole | 3D model (CC BY) |
| Surveyor | NASA | Lander | 1966 | 4.5 m | Historic — scouted Apollo landing sites | Procedural twin |
| Apollo Lunar Module | NASA | Lander | 1969 | 9.4 m | Historic — carried the first humans to the surface | NASA 3D model |
| Luna 16 | Roscosmos | Lander | 1970 | 4 m | Historic — first robotic sample return | Procedural twin |
| Chang'e 3 & 4 | CNSA | Lander | 2013 | 4.76 m | Historic — Chang'e-4 first on the far side | Procedural twin |
| Vikram | ISRO | Lander | 2023 | 2 m | Historic — India's first soft landing | 3D model (CC BY) |
| SLIM ('Moon Sniper') | JAXA | Lander | 2024 | 2.7 m | Historic — pinpoint landing | 3D model (CC BY) |
| Nova-C 'Odysseus' | Intuitive Machines | Lander | 2024 | 4.3 m | Historic — first US commercial landing | Procedural twin |
| Blue Ghost | Firefly | Lander | 2025 | 3.5 m | Historic — first fully successful commercial landing | Procedural twin |
| Craft | Agency | Type | Arrived | Size | Status | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunar Orbiter | NASA | Orbiter | 1966 | 5.2 m | Historic — photo-mapped the Moon for Apollo | Procedural twin |
| Lunar Prospector | NASA | Orbiter | 1998 | 5.4 m | Historic — found polar hydrogen | Procedural twin |
| Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter | NASA | Orbiter | 2009 | 3.9 m | Operating | NASA 3D model |
| LADEE | NASA | Orbiter | 2013 | 2.4 m | Historic — studied the lunar exosphere | NASA 3D model |
| GRAIL (Ebb & Flow) | NASA | Orbiter | 2011 | 1.2 m | Historic — mapped lunar gravity | Procedural twin |
| Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter | ISRO | Orbiter | 2019 | 3.2 m | Operating | 3D model (CC BY) |
| Kaguya (SELENE) | JAXA | Orbiter | 2007 | 4.2 m | Historic — high-definition Moon mapping | Procedural twin |
| Danuri (KPLO) | KARI | Orbiter | 2022 | 3.2 m | Operating | Procedural twin |
Model credits
NASA models are from NASA 3D Resources (public domain). Community models are used under CC BY 4.0: “Pragyan” by sohamr.sr · “Vikram” by Kulibin Space (akareactor) · “SLIM ('Moon Sniper')” by Kulibin Space (akareactor) · “Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter” by tashtego. All other craft are interactive procedural twins.
Take NASA's pressurised rover across the regolith in the Moon Yard.
The same, for every rover, lander and orbiter that reached Mars.