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The first rocket was a Russian R-7 Semyorka (which was a modified inter continental ballistic missile), known to the West as SS-6 Sapwood and to the Soviet Union as GRAU index 8K71.
It was used to carry Luna 1 the first probe (spacecraft) to reach the vicinity of the moon.
There may have been other rockets that were launched "at" the moon but this was the first whose payload actually reached the moon.
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What was the first Australian rocket to land on the moon?
To my knowledge Australia have not launched a rocket to the moon as yet.
What was the name of the rocket that launched the first US moon walkers into space?
The name of the rocket that launched the first people on the moon was a Saturn V, on mission Apollo 11.
What was the name of the first spacecraft to take humans to the moon?
Launched by the Saturn 5 rocket (the largest rocket ever built), the first spacecraft to take men to the moon was the Apollo spacecraft.
What year was the first space rocket launched to the moon?
The first rocket to get near the moon was the Soviet Luna 1 spacecraft in 1959. Later that year, the Soviet Luna 2 spacecraft was the first manmade object to reach the surface of the moon.
What type of rocket launched astronauts to the moon?
Saturn V, a 3 stage rocket.
What was the first rocket launched during World War 2?
The first rocket launched as an attack was the V1 rocket, nicknamed "doodlebug
Where was the first rocket launched by the US?
the rocket was actually launched in either China or Russia
What was the name of the rocket that launched the astrounauts to the moon?
The Saturn V.
How high would a rocket go on the moon compared to earth?
If a rocket is launched from the moon it will travel faster and longer, as it has less gravity.
When the first rocket was launch?
the first rocket (the V2) was launched in 1942.
First rocket to take man on moon?
They were launched from earth atop a Saturn V. They flew to the moon aboard their Apollo Command Module and landed on the moon in their Lunar Module.
What was the name and the year of the first rocket ever launched?
The Apollo 11 Launched on July 16, 1969, in it was Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first two people to step foot on the moon
