As far as is known to the public, no Russian cosmonauts have orbited the moon or landed on it. The only spacecraft to have carried human beings more than a few hundred miles above the surface were those of the US' Mercury and Apollo programs.
The Russians have yet to go to the moon.
The Russians have never landed on the moon
The first person on the moon was Neil Armstrong.
The Russian vehicle Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
In 1969
i know its Russian.....if I'm not wrong with the name, i thnk its Yuri...he rotated on earth or moon but didnt step on moon...
So far, the only people to visit the Moon have been 12 Americans. No Russians or people of any other nationality have been to the Moon.
The Russians have yet to go to the moon.
It was the Americans to walk on the moon first, the Russians have not yet landed on the moon.
The Russians have never landed on the moon
The first person on the moon was Neil Armstrong.
The Russian vehicle Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
In 1969
To land what on the moon? The Russian/Soviets were the first to land probes and mechanical things on the moon USA were the first to land a Human on the moon
No Russian cosmonauts have ever made it to the moon although the Russians have sent a robot to the moon once even before the US made it to the moon.
No Russian has landed on the moon, although they where the first to get an unmanned space craft to the lunar surface in 1959 (the probe didn't "land" so much as it "hit").
The first satellite to crash into the moon was Luna 2 (Russian), the 1st soft landing was Luna 9 (Russian).