The USSR's Luna 2, launched 12 Sep, 1959. It was destroyed on impact (as designed)
The first space probe to fly past the moon was the Soviet Luna 1 probe in 1959. Luna 1, also known as Mechta, was intended to impact the moon but missed and became the first human-made object to escape Earth's gravity.
The first space probe to fly past the Moon was the Soviet Luna 1 spacecraft in 1959. Luna 1 was intended to impact the Moon, but instead, it missed the Moon and became the first human-made object to enter orbit around the Sun.
The first man-made object to reach the moon was the Luna 2 probe in 1959.
The first American probe to strike the Moon's surface was the Ranger 4 spacecraft in 1962. Ranger 4 was part of the Ranger program, which aimed to capture close-up images of the Moon's surface for scientific study.
There wasn't a probe when man landed on the moon. Instead, he walked on the moon July 1969 with the Apollo space program for NASA.
It is the name of India's first moon probe.
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Neil Armstrong
On February 3rd, 1966 the Soviet unmanned spacecraft Luna 9 was the first man-made probe to make a soft landing on the moon.
The first space probe was the Luna I by the United Soviet Socialist Republic. It did a flyby of the moon in 1959
The Soviet Union's unmanned spacecraft Luna 9 was the first man-made probe to make a soft landing on the moon on February 3rd, 1966.
The Soviet unmanned spacecraft Luna 9 was the first man-made probe to make a soft landing on the moon on February 3rd, 1966.