These missions are heading to the moon in 2023

The Artemis I mission has helped to put the moon back in the spotlight.

Five more missions targeting the moon will be organized by multiple nations in the years to come.

Let's see what to expect.

Haukuto-R Mission 1 (Japan)

Japan wants to create a lunar lander that can deploy multiple items to the moon. As part of the Arab nation's first lunar mission, the Hakuto-R lander will attempt to deploy a rover from the U.A. The landers is set to reach the lunar surface in April, with the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket.

Lunar Flashlight (U.S.)

The lunar flashlight went to space with the landers. Lasers will be used to search for water ice in craters at the moon's South Pole. The craters haven't seen sunlight in billions of years.

Chandrayaan-3 (India)

A heavy lift launch vehicle will propel a landing module and robotic rover toward the moon. Chandrayaan-2 ended badly when the lander crash-landed on the moon. A seismometer, heat flow experiment, and spectrometers will be carried by the rover.

Luna 25 (Russia)

The Luna 25 mission is expected to be launched in July. A probe is put on the moon to collect samples.

The main goal of the mission is to study the composition of the polar regolith. There is a robotic arm that will be used to remove and collect the surface regolith.

dearMoon (U.S.)

We can't see it happening in the foreseeable future. Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire, and eight other people will travel to the moon on a flyby of the lunar surface. The Super Heavy hasn't yet been tested by the company. The first flight of the most powerful rocket ever to fly is expected to happen in early 2023. It seems unlikely that the spaceship and crew will be ready for the trip to the moon by the end of the year. Let us wait and see what happens.

The upcoming lunar missions could provide important data for spacefaring nations interested in building bases on the moon.

It is believed that the moon could one day act as a stepping stone for crewed missions to Mars and beyond, with its less powerful gravity making rocket launches easier and more efficient. The moon's water could be used to make rocket fuel.

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