Following are the recent missions to moon:

• Hiten: A project of the Japan [Images]ese 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 [Images], 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.