The Luna 1 was an unmanned Soviet probe to the moon.
January 2, 1959 January 2, 1959
Luna 2: September 12, 1959 Luna 3: October 7, 1959
Luna 2 and Luna 3 were launched on September 12, 1959 and October 4 1959 and it started orbit the moon from September 13 1959 and October 6th 1959 respectively.
Luna de verano - 1959 is rated/received certificates of: Spain:T
So far only the USA have put a man on the Moon. I want to add that many other countries have sent unmanned probes and satellites to the moon. These countries are China (in 2007), Japan (in 1990 and in 2007) and USSR (January 1959 (Luna 1), September 1959 (Luna 2), October 1959 ( Luna 3), January 1966 (Luna 9), march 1966 (Luna 10),august 1966 (Luna 11), October 1966 (Luna 12), July 1969 (Luna 15), 1970 (Luna 16),1970 (Lunokhod 1), 1973 (Lunokhod 2) and in 1976 (Luna 24)).It is also important to note that the USSR was the first country to reach the moon. But the USA was the first country to send a man to the moon.
Soviet spacecraft (1959).
Luna 2 and 3 orbited and photographed the moon in 1959
Luna 2 and 3 orbited and photographed the moon on 1959
Yes it was launched on October 10, 1959.
First craft to the Moon (flyby): Russia's Luna 1, January 1959 First craft to the Moon and crash: Russia's Luna 2, September 1959 First craft to the Moon and land: Russia's Luna 3, October 1959 First manned mission circling the Moon: USA's Apollo 8, December 1968 First manned mission on the Moon: USA's Apollo 11, July 1969
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.
The USSR's Luna 3 probe in 1959