Hiten, Japan's first lunar spacecraft, launched 1990

The Hiten spacecraft, launched January 24, 1990, was Japan's first lunar spacecraft.  It was also the first lunar spacecraft from a country other than the United States and the Soviet Union.  It was the first lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976. 

Hiten was manufactured by Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, which later became a division of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). 

Hiten experienced some problems after launch, but the issues were solved and Hiten entered a lunar orbit.  It released a small orbiter, Hagoromo, on its first flyby of the moon.  Hagoromo's transmitter failed but its orbit was confirmed visually from Earth.

Hiten was deliberately crashed onto the lunar surface in April 1993.

Luna 24, last return mission from the moon, launched 1976

Luna 24, launched August 9, 1976, is the last lunar mission that returned to Earth.  It was the last lunar launch of the Soviet Lunar program.  After take-off, Luna 24 reached the moon 3 days later, and after changes to its orbit, it touched down August 18.  It took a sample of the lunar soil and took off from the moon August 19.

Luna 24 entered Earth's atmosphere and landed August 22.  It was the last soft-landing on the moon for 37 years until the Chinese probe Chang'e 3 in December 2013.