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The Russian vehicle Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
Luna 2. Ussr made 1959
Luna-2 was the first craft to impact the moon (12 Sep 1959). Luna-9 accomplished the first soft landing on the moon (31 Jan 1966). Apollo 11 was the first manned craft to land on the moon (21 Jul 1969).
Luna 2 and Ranger 4 both smashed into it while Apollo 11 was the first to land with people.
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 Russian vehicle Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
Luna 9.
Luna 9 was the first unmanned spacecraft to land on the moon on February 3, 1966. Apollo 11 was the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon on July 20, 1969 with 2 US astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
Luna 2. Ussr made 1959
Luna-2 was the first craft to impact the moon (12 Sep 1959). Luna-9 accomplished the first soft landing on the moon (31 Jan 1966). Apollo 11 was the first manned craft to land on the moon (21 Jul 1969).
Luna 2 and Ranger 4 both smashed into it while Apollo 11 was the first to land with people.
The First EVER spacecraft was the unmanned Soviet Union's Luna 2. The Second and first MANNED mission was America's Apollo 11
"Luna 2" was the first USSR spacecraft on the surface of the moon, in 1960. "Ranger 4" was the first US spacecraft on the surface of the moon, in 1963. Both Luna-2 and Ranger-4 were crash landings. "Apollo 11", launched by the US, was the first mission to land men on the moon and return them safely to earth, in 1969.
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.
The first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars was Viking 1 in 1975
The first unmanned space probe to reach the moon was the USSR's Luna 2, in Sep 1959. The first manned spacecraft to land on the the moon was the USA's Apollo 11, on July 20, 1969.