Them Russians never put an = Asternaut on the moon, only the USA did that. =
Russia was the first country to land an unmanned spacecraft on the moon. The United States provided the first man on the moon.
The United States was in the Space Race with Russia. Russia sent its first man in space first, but the United States retaliated and sent Neil Armstrong to the moon, making him the first man on the moon.
The correct spelling is 'astronaut'.
No Russia was, but we America was first to get on the moon.
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
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The first country to send a spacecraft to the moon was the Soviet Union with their Luna 2 mission in 1959.
Russia was the first in space where they went around the earth a few times but USA was the first on the moon. The first to send three into space though, was the USA.
Russia was the first to send unmanned probes to the moon, the US was the first to send humans.
The flag of the United States was the first one placed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
The first man-made object to reach the moon was Russia's Luna 2, which crashed into the lunar surface (on purpose) on September 13, 1959.