2. Orbiter Missions
In this, the spacecraft get close to the Moon and orbit around the moon. This is called Lunar Orbit. And from there, they study Moon’s surface and atmosphere. Till date, more than 40 successful Orbiter missions have been conducted. And this is still the most common type of Moon mission.
The first successful orbiter mission was once again conducted by the Soviet Union, Luna-10, in the year 1966. After this, comes the next category, Impact Missions.
