1959 by the Russians, first craft to leave Earth's gravity and the first to impact another world,ie theMoon
surveyor 1
surveyor 1
surveyor 1
surveyor 1
The first lunar lander launched by the US was the Surveyor 1, which landed on the Moon on June 2, 1966. Its primary mission was to assess the feasibility of soft landings on the Moon in preparation for the Apollo missions.
NASA has launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) satellites to the moon. LRO is tasked with mapping the lunar surface, while LADEE studies the moon's thin atmosphere and dust.
July 16, 1969.
No spaceships were launched, only the lunar module was used.
India's first lunar space craft was launched in November 2008 at Sriharikota.
The satellite Chandrayaan 1 will enter the orbit of earth's moon. It is India's first lunar mission.
It was launched because India wanted to compete with other Lunar exploration's orginisation.
The first successful lunar lander launched by the United States was the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, named "Eagle." It landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. This historic mission marked the first time humans set foot on the lunar surface, with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin becoming the first and second humans to walk on the moon.