Human moon landing in 2026?

Prediction market · Polymarket

Overview

This market will resolve to "Yes" if any human-crewed mission lands on the moon between market creation and December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". A touchdown of the spacecraft with humans aboard will be sufficient to resolve this market to "Yes", regardless of technical complications. The resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.

Ticker

human-moon-landing-in-2026

Volume

1.9M

24h volume

908

1w volume

25.3K

Open interest

26.2K

Liquidity

37.4K

Liquidity CLOB

37.4K

Start

Jan 7, 2026

End

Dec 31, 2026

Status

Active

Access

Restricted

Created

Jan 7, 2026

Event ID

149812

Slug

human-moon-landing-in-2026

Markets

1

Raw event data
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