This list does not include smaller objects such as the retroreflectors and Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package. Nor does it include several commemorative or personal objects left there by Apollo astronauts, such as the golf balls from Alan Shepard's lunar driving practice during Apollo 14, flags, or the Fallen Astronaut statuette left by the crew of Apollo 15. Objects listed as being higher than 90 degrees east or west are on the far side of the moon. These include Ranger 4, Lunar Orbiter 1, Lunar Orbiter 2 and Lunar Orbiter 3. Total estimated dry mass 170996 kg.

Spacecraft name - year - weight - position on Moon (if known)

Luna 2 USSR 1959 390.2 29.1°N 0°W

Ranger 4 United States 1962 331 12.9°S 129.1°W

Ranger 6 United States 1964 381 9.4°N 21.5°E

Ranger 7 United States 1964 365.7 10.6°S 20.61°W

Luna 5 USSR 1965 1474 1.6°S 25°W

Luna 7 USSR 1965 1504 9.8°N 47.8°W

Luna 8 USSR 1965 1550 9.6°N 62°W

Ranger 8 United States 1965 367 2.64°N 24.77°E

Ranger 9 United States 1965 367 12.79°S 2.36°W

Luna 9 USSR 1966 1580 7.13°N 64.37°W

Luna 10 USSR 1966 1600 ?

Luna 11 USSR 1966 1640 ?

Luna 12 USSR 1966 1670 ?

Luna 13 USSR 1966 1700 18.87°N 63.05°W

Surveyor 1 United States 1966 270 2.45°S 43.22°W

Lunar Orbiter 1 United States 1966 386 6.35°N 160.72°E

Surveyor 2 United States 1966 292 4.0°S 11.0°W

Lunar Orbiter 2 United States 1966 385 2.9°N 119.1°E

Lunar Orbiter 3 United States 1966 386 14.6°N 97.7°W

Surveyor 3 United States 1967 281 2.99°S 23.34°W

Lunar Orbiter 4 United States 1967 386 ?

Surveyor 4 United States 1967 283 0.45°N 1.39°W

Explorer 35 (IMP-E) United States 1967 104.3 ?

Lunar Orbiter 5 United States 1967 386 2.8°S 83.1°W

Surveyor 5 United States 1967 281 1.42°N 23.2°E

Surveyor 6 United States 1967 282 0.53°N 1.4°W

Surveyor 7 United States 1967 290 40.86°S 11.47°W

Luna 14 USSR 1968 1670 ?

Apollo 10 LM descent stage United States 1969 2211 ?

Luna 15 USSR 1969 2718 ?

Apollo 11 LM ascent stage United States 1969 2184 ?

Apollo 11 LM descent stage United States 1969 2034 0° 40' 26.69"N 23° 28' 22.69"E

Apollo 12 LM ascent stage United States 1969 2164 3.94°S 21.2°W

Apollo 12 LM descent stage United States 1969 2211 2.99°S 23.34°W

Luna 16 descent stage USSR 1970 < 5727 0.68°S 56.3°E

Luna 17 & Lunokhod 1 USSR 1970 5600 38.28°N 35.0°W

Apollo 13 S-IVB (S-IVB-508) United States 1970 13454 2.75°S 27.86°W

Luna 18 USSR 1971 5600 3.57°N 56.5°E

Luna 19 USSR 1971 5600 ?

Apollo 14 S-IVB (S-IVB-509) United States 1971 14016 8.09°S 26.02°W

Apollo 14 LM ascent stage United States 1971 2132 3.42°S 29.67°W

Apollo 14 LM descent stage United States 1971 2144 3° 38' 43.08"S 17° 28' 16.90" W

Apollo 15 S-IVB (S-IVB-510) United States 1971 14036 1.51°S 17.48°W

Apollo 15 LM ascent stage United States 1971 2132 26.36°N 0.25°E

Apollo 15 LM descent stage United States 1971 2809 26° 7' 55.99"N 3° 38' 1.90" E

Apollo 15 Lunar Rover United States 1971 462 26.08°N 3.66°E

Apollo 15 subsatellite United States 1971 36 ?

Luna 20 descent stage USSR 1972 < 5727 3.53°N 56.55°E

Apollo 16 S-IVB (S-IVB-511) United States 1972 14002 1.3°N 23.9°W

Apollo 16 LM ascent stage United States 1972 2138 ?

Apollo 16 LM descent stage United States 1972 2765 8° 58' 22.84"S 15° 30' 0.68" E

Apollo 16 subsatellite United States 1972 36 ?

Apollo 16 Lunar Rover United States 1972 462 8.97°S 15.51°E

Apollo 17 S-IVB (S-IVB-512) United States 1972 13960 4.21°S 22.31°W

Apollo 17 LM ascent stage United States 1972 2150 19.96°N 30.50°E

Apollo 17 LM descent stage United States 1972 2798 20° 11' 26.88"N 30° 46' 18.05"E

Apollo 17 Lunar Rover United States 1972 462 20.17°N 30.77°W

Luna 21 & Lunokhod 2 USSR 1973 4850 25.85°N 30.45°E

Explorer 49 (RAE-B) United States 1973 328 ?

Luna 22 USSR 1974 4000 ?

Luna 23 USSR 1974 5600 ~12°N ~62°E

Luna 24 descent stage USSR 1976 < 5800 12.75°N 62.2°E

Hiten Orbiter (Hagoromo) Japan 1990 12 ?

Hiten Japan 1993 143 34.3°S 55.6°E

Lunar Prospector United States 1998 126 87.7°S 42.1°E

SMART-1 European Space Agency 2006 307 34.24°S 46.12°W

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A mirror used for accurate distance measurements called the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment and American flags and plaques.

The bottom part of the Lunar Modules are also still on the moon, as only the top (ascent) stage took the astronauts back to the command module.

There is an interesting picture athttp://lroc.sese.asu.edu/EPO/NEWS/2009/090805_New-pictures-reveal-what-Man-has-left-on-the-Moon.pdfof what man has left behind on the moon.

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