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#	Spacecraft	Country ranks	Launch date	.	Targer	Sponsor
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1 9 5 7

(0 Planetary Pobe in 3 missions = 0 %)

None.

1 9 5 8

(7 Planetary Probes in 28 missions = 25 %)

1)	Able 1 / "Pioneer 0"	1st American	17 Aug 58	Moon (failure)	U.S. Air Force
2)	"Luna"	1st Soviet	23 Sep 58	Moon (failure)	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1
3)	Able 2 / Pîoneer 1	2nd American	11 Oct 58	Moon (failure)	U.S. Air Force -NASA
4)	"Luna"	2nd Soviet	11 Oct 58	Moon (failure)	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
5)	Pioneer 2	3rd American	8 Nov 58	Moon (failure)	U.S. Air Force -NASA
6)	"Luna"	3rd Soviet	4 Dec 58	Moon (failure)	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
7)	Able 3 / Pioneer 3	4th American	6 Dec 58	Moon (failure)	NASA-AMBA

1 9 5 9

(6 Planetary Probes in 24 missions = 25 %)

8)	"Luna 1"	4th Soviet	2 Jan 59	Moon Partial success	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
9)	Pioneer 4	5th American	3 Mar 59	Moon Partial success.	NASA-AMBA
10)	"Luna"	5th Soviet	18 Jun 59	Moon Failure	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
11)	"Luna 2"	6th Soviet	12 Sep 59	Moon Success	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
12)	"Luna 3"	7th Soviet	4 Oct 59	Moon Success	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
13)	Pioneer P-3	6th American	26 Nov 59	Moon Failure	NASA

1 9 6 0

(7 Planetary Probes in 44 missions = 16 %)

14)	Pioneer 5	7th American	11 Mar 60	R&D Success	NASA-U.S. Air Force.
15)	Luna	8th Soviet	15 Apr 60	Moon Failure.	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
16)	Luna	9th Soviet	19 Apr 60	Moon Failure	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
17)	Pioneer P-30	8th American	25 Sep 60	Moon Failure.	NASA-U.S. Air Force
18)	Mars	10th Soviet	10 Oct 60	Moon Failure.	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
19)	Mars	11th Soviet	14 Oct 60	Moon Failure.	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
20)	Pioneer P-31	9th American	15 Dec 60	Moon Failure.	NASA-U.S. (Korolev's OKB-1)

1 9 6 1

(4 Planetary Probes in 60 missions = 7 %)

21)	Venera	12th Soviet	4 Feb 61	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
22)	Venera 1	13th Soviet	12 Feb 61	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
23)	Ranger 1	10th American	23 Aug 61	Moon	NASA
24)	Ranger 2	11th American	18 Nov 61	Moon	NASA

1 9 6 2

(11 Planetary Probes in 96 missions = 11 %)

25)	Ranger 3	12th American	26 Jan 62	Moon	NASA
26)	Ranger 4	13th American	23 Apr 62	Moon	NASA
27)	Mariner 1	14th American	22 Jul 62	Mars	NASA
28)	Venera	14th Soviet	25 Jul 62	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
29)	Mariner 2	15th American	27 Aug 62	Venus	NASA
30)	Venera	15th Soviet	1 Sep 62	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
31)	Venera	16th Soviet	10 Sep 62	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
32)	Ranger 5	16th American	18 Oct 62	Moon	NASA
33)	Mars	17th Soviet	24 Oct 62	Mars	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
34)	Mars 1	18th Soviet	1 Nov 62	Mars	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
35)	Mars	19th Soviet	4 Nov 62	Mars	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)

1 9 6 3

(4 Planetary Probes in 97 missions = 4 %)

36)	Luna	20th Soviet	4 Jan 63	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
37)	Luna	21st Soviet	3 Feb 63	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
38)	Luna 4	22nd Soviet	2 Apr 63	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
39)	Kosmos 21 (3MV-1 1)	23rd Soviet	11 Nov 63	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)

1 9 6 4

(10 Planetary Probes in 127 missions = 8 %)

40)	Ranger 6	17th American	3 Jan 64	Moon	NASA
41)	Zond	24th Soviet	19 Feb 64	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
42)	Luna	25th Soviet	21 Mar 64	Moon	NASA
43)	Kosmos 27 (3MV-1 3 SA)	26th Soviet	27 Mar 64	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
44)	Zond 1	27th Soviet	2 Apr 64	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
45)	Luna	28th Soviet	20 Apr 64	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
46)	Ranger 7	18th American	28 Jul 64	Moon	NASA
47)	Mariner 3	19th American	5 Nov 64	Mars	NASA
48)	Mariner 4	20th American	28 Nov 64	Mars	NASA
49)	Zond 2	29th Soviet	30 Nov 64	Mars	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)

1 9 6 5

(12 Planetary Probes in 180 missions = 7 %)

50)	Ranger 8	21st American	17 Feb 65	Moon	NASA
51)	Kosmos 60	30th Soviet	12 Mar 65	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
52)	Ranger 9	22nd American	21 Mar 65	Moon	NASA
53)	Luna	31st Soviet	10 Apr 65	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
54)	Luna 5	32nd Soviet	9 May 65	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
55)	Luna 6	33rd Soviet	8 Jun 65	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
56)	Zond 3	34th Soviet	18 Jul 65	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
57)	Luna 7	35th Soviet	4 Oct 65	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
58)	Venera 2	36th Soviet	12 Nov 65	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
59)	Venera 3	37th Soviet	16 Nov 65	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
30)	Kosmos 96	38th Soviet	23 Nov 65	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
61)	Luna 8	39th Soviet	3 Dec 65	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)

1 9 6 6

(10 Planetary Probes in 174 missions = 6 %)

62)	Luna 9	40th Soviet	31 Jan 66	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
63)	Kosmos 111 / E-6S 204	41st Soviet	1 Mar 66	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
64)	Luna 10	42nd Soviet	31 Mar 66	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
65)	Surveyor 1	23rd American	30 May 66	Moon	NASA
66)	Lunar Orbiter 1	24th American	10 Aug 66	Moon	NASA
67)	Luna 11	43rd Soviet	24 Aug 66	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
68)	Surveyor 2	25th American	20 Sep 66	Moon	NASA
69)	Luna 12	44th Soviet	22 Oct 66	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
70)	Lunar Orbiter 2	26th American	6 Nov 66	Moon	NASA
71)	Luna 13	45th Soviet	21 Dec 66	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)

1 9 6 7

(10 Planetary Probes in 172 missions = 6 %)

72)	Lunar Orbiter 3	27th American	5 Feb 67	Moon	NASA
73)	Surveyor 3	28th American	17 Apr 67	Moon	NASA
74)	Lunar Orbiter 4	29th American	4 May 67	Moon	NASA
75)	Mariner 5	30th American	12 Jun 67	Venus	NASA
76)	Venera 4	46th Soviet	14 Jun 67	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
77)	Kosmos 167 / 4V-1 311	47th Soviet	17 Jun 67	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
78)	Surveyor 4	31st American	14 Jul 67	Moon	NASA
79)	Lunar Orbiter 5	32nd American	1 Aug 67	Moon	NASA
80)	Surveyor 5	33rd American	8 Sep 67	Moon	NASA
81)	Surveyor 6	34th American	7 Nov 67	Moon	NASA

1 9 6 8

(3 Planetary Probes in 166 missions = 2 %)

82)	Surveyor 7	35th American	7 Jan 68	Moon	NASA
83)	Luna	48th Soviet	7 Feb 68	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
84)	Luna 14	49th Soviet	7 Apr 68	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)

1 9 6 9

(12 Planetary Probes in 155 missions = 8 %)

85)	Venera 5	50th Soviet	5 Jan 69	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
86)	Venera 6	51st Soviet	10 Jan 69	Venus	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
87)	Luna	52nd Soviet	19 Feb 69	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
88)	Lunokhod	53rd Soviet	19 Feb 69	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
89)	Mariner 6	36th American	25 Feb 69	Mars	NASA
90)	Mars	54th Soviet	27 Mar 69	Mars	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
91)	Mariner 7	37th American	27 Mar 69	Mars	NASA
92)	Mars	55th Soviet	2 Apr 69	Mars	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
93)	Luna	56th Soviet	14 Jun 69	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
94)	Luna 15	57th Soviet	13 Jul 69	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
95)	Kosmos 300 (Luna)	58th Soviet	23 Sep 69	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)
96)	Kosmos 305 (Luna)	59th Soviet	22 Oct 69	Moon	Soviet Union (Korolev's OKB-1)

1 9 7 0

(6 planetary probes in 142 missions = %)

97)	Luna	60th Soviet	...
98)	Venera 7	61st Soviet
99)	Kosmos 359 (Venera)	62nd Soviet
100)	Luna 16	63rd Soviet
101)	Luna 17	64th Soviet
102)	Lunokhod	65th Soviet

1 9 7 1

(10 planetary probes in 175 missions = %)

103)	Mariner 8	39th American	...
104)	Kosmos 419 (Mars)	66th Soviet
105)	Mars 2 Orbiter	67th Soviet
106)	Mars 2 Lander	68th Soviet
107)	Mars 3 Orbiter	69th Soviet
108)	Mars 3 Lander	70th Soviet
109)	Mariner 9	39th American
110)	Apollo 15 Subsatellite	40th American
111)	Luna 18	71st Soviet
112)	Luna 19	72nd Soviet

1 9 7 2

(5 planetary probes in 143 missions = %)

113)	Luna 20	73rd Soviet	...
114)	Pioneer 10	41st American
115)	Venera 8	74th Soviet
116)	Kosmos 482 (Venus)	75th Soviet
117)	Apollo 16 Subsatellite	42nd American

1 9 7 3

(8 planetary probes in 146 missions = %)

118)	Luna 21	76th Soviet	...
119)	Lunokhod 2	77th Soviet
120)	Pioneer 11	43rd American
121)	Mariner 10	44th American
122)	Mars 4	78th Soviet
123)	Mars 5	79th Soviet
124)	Mars 6	80th Soviet
125)	Mars 7	81st Soviet

1 9 7 4

(2 planetary probes in 136 missions = %)

126)	Luna 22	82nd Soviet		...
127)	Luna 23	83nd Soviet

1 9 7 5

(7 planetary probes in 168 missions = %)

128)	Venera 9	84th Soviet	...
129)	Venera 10	85th Soviet
130)	Viking 1 Orbiter	45th American
131)	Viking 1 Lander	46th American
132)	Viking 2 Orbiter	47th American
133)	Viking 2 Lander	48th American
134)	Luna	86th Soviet

1 9 7 6

(1 planetary probe in 164 missions = %)

135)

Luna 24

87th Soviet

...

1 9 7 7

(2 planetary probes in 147 missions = %)

136)	Voyager 2	49th American		...
137)	Voyager 1	50th American

1 9 7 8

(8 planetary probes in 174 missions = %)

138)	Pioneer Venus 1	51st American	...
139)	Pioneer Venus 2	52nd American
140)	Sounder Probe	53rd American
141)	North Probe	54th American
142)	Day Probe	55th American
143)	Night Probe	56th American
144)	Venera 11	88th Soviet
145)	Venera 12	89th Soviet

1 9 7 9

(0 planetary probe in 134 missions = 0%)

None.

1 9 8 0

(0 planetary probe in 144 missions = 0%)

None.

1 9 8 1

(2 planetary probes in 160 missions = %)

146)	Venera 13	90th Soviet		...
147)	Venera 14	91st Soviet

1 9 8 2

(0 planetary probe in 160 missions = 0%)

None.

1 9 8 3

(2 planetary probes in 162 missions = %)

148)	Venera 15	92nd Soviet		...
149)	Venera 16	93nd Soviet

1 9 8 4

(4 planetary probes in 169 missions = %)

150)	Vega 1 probe	94th Soviet	...
151)	Vega 1 lander	95th Soviet
152)	Vega 2 probe	96th Soviet
153)	Vega 2 lander	97th Soviet

1 9 8 5

(2 planetary probes in 173 missions = %)

154)	Giotto	1st European		...
155)	Planet-A / Suisei	1st Japanese

1 9 8 6

(0 planetary probe in 151 missions = 0%)

None.

1 9 8 7

(0 planetary probe in 141 missions = 0%)

None.

1 9 8 8

(6 planetary probes in 155 missions = %)

156)	Phobos 1 (Fobos 1)	98th Soviet	...
157)	Phobos 1 DPS	99th Soviet
158)	Phobos 1 PPS	100th Soviet
159)	Phobos 2 (Fobos 2)	101st Soviet
160)	Phobos 2 DPS	102nd Soviet
161)	Phobos 2 PPS	103th Soviet

1 9 8 9

(3 planetary probes in 139 missions = %)

162)	Magellan	57th American	...
163)	Galileo	58th American
164)	Jovian probe	59th American		L

1 9 9 0

(3 planetary probes in 173 missions = %)

165)	Muses A / Hiten	2nd Japanese	...
166)	Hagoromo	3rd Japanese
167)	Ulysses	60th American

1 9 9 1

(0 planetary probe in 143 missions = 0%)

None.

1 9 9 2

(1 planetary probe in 135 missions = %)

168)

Mars Observer

61st American

...

1 9 9 3

(0 planetary probe in 118 missions = 0%)

None.

1 9 9 4

((1) planetary probe in 130 missions = %)

Clementine 1 / DSPSE

(American)

...

(Clementine is a military technlogical testbed that use the Moon as target.)

1 9 9 5

(0 planetary probe in 113 missions = 0%)

None.

1 9 9 6

(9 planetary probes in 112 missions = %)

169)	NEAR / Shoemaker	62nd American	...
170)	MGS / Mars Global Surveyor	63rd American
171)	Mars-96	104th Russian
172)	MAS 1	105th Russian
173)	MAS 2	106th Russian
174)	Penetrator 1	107th Russian
175)	Penetrator 2	108th Russian
176)	Mars Pathfinder	64th American
177)	Sojourner	65th American

1 9 9 7

(2 planetary probes in 158 missions = %)

178)	Cassini	66th American		...
179)	Huyghens	2nd European

1 9 9 8

(4 planetary probes in 174 missions = %)

180)	Lunar Prospector	67th American	...
181)	Planet B / Nozomi	4th Japanese
182)	DS 1 / Deep Space 1	68th American
183)	MCO / Mars Climate Orbiter	69th American

1 9 9 9

(4 planetary probes in 133 missions = %)

184)	Mars Polar Lander	70th American	...
185)	Deep Space-2 "Scott"	71th American
186)	Deep Space-2 "Amundsen"	72nd American
187)	Stardust	73rd American

2 0 0 0

(0 planetary probe in 131 missions = 0%)

None.

2 0 0 1

(2 planetary probes in 93 missions = %)

188)	Mars Odyssey 2001	74th American		...
189)	Genesis	75th American

2 0 0 2

(1 planetary probe in 101 missions = %)

190)

CONTOUR

76th American

...

2 0 0 3

(9 planetary probes in 97 missions = %)

191)	MUSES C / Hayabusa	5th Japanese	...
192)	Minerva	6th Japanese
193)	Mars Express	77th American
194)	Beagle-2	3rd European
195)	MER-A	78th American
196)	Spirit	79th American
197)	MER-B	80th American
198)	Opportunity	81st American
199)	SMART-1	4th European

2 0 0 4

(3 planetary probes in 40+ missions = %)

200)	Rosetta	5th European	...
201)	Philae	6th European
202)	MESSENGER	82nd American

2 0 0 5

(4 planetary probes in 78 missions = 5 %)

203)	Deep Impact "flyby"	83rd American	...
204)	Deep Impact "impactor"	84th American
205)	Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter / MRO	85th American
206)	Venus Express (VEX)	7th European

2 0 0 6

(1 planetary probes in 116 missions = 1 %)

207)

New Horizons

86th American

19 Jan 06

Pluto + Kuiper Belt Object(s)

NASA

2 0 0 7

(6 planetary probes in 123 missions = 5 %)

208)	Phoenix / Phoenix Mars Mission	87th American	4 Aug 07	Mars Orbiter	NASA
209)	SELENE / Kaguya	7th Japanese	14 Sep 07	Lunar Orbiter	JAXA
210)	Rstar / Relay Satellite	8th Japanese	14 Sep 07	Lunar Orbiter	JAXA
211)	Vstar / VRAD	9th Japanese	14 Sep 07	Lunar Orbiter	JAXA
212)	DAWN	88th American	27 Sep 07	Main Belt Asteroids Flyby	NASA
213)	Chang' e 1	1st Chinese	24 Oct 07	Lunar Orbite	China