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The first American probe to strike the Moon's surface was the Ranger 4 spacecraft in 1962. Ranger 4 was part of the Ranger program, which aimed to capture close-up images of the Moon's surface for scientific study.
U.S. Clemmentine
U.S. Clemmentine
The Lunar Orbiter program, launched by NASA in the 1960s, was the first to extensively map the surface of the moon. These missions provided high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface, aiding in the selection of landing sites for the Apollo missions.
The first probe mission to the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, which successfully impacted the lunar surface on September 14, 1959. This marked the first time a man-made object reached the Moon.
The first American probe to strike the Moon's surface was the Ranger 4 spacecraft in 1962. Ranger 4 was part of the Ranger program, which aimed to capture close-up images of the Moon's surface for scientific study.
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U.S. Clemmentine
Wide area mapping and geological study of the Moon was first done by the NASA probe Clementine (officially the Deep Space Program Science Experiment) from late February 1994 through April 1994. The extension of the mission to an asteroid rendezvous was cancelled after a major fuel malfunction in May, 1994.
The Lunar Orbiter program, launched by NASA in the 1960s, was the first to extensively map the surface of the moon. These missions provided high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface, aiding in the selection of landing sites for the Apollo missions.
The first probe mission to the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, which successfully impacted the lunar surface on September 14, 1959. This marked the first time a man-made object reached the Moon.
The Soviets launched a series of Luna probes that took the first pictures of the far side of the Moon. In 1966, Luna 9 made the first successful landing on the Moon and sent back television footage from the Moon's surface.
The first object to land on the moon was the Soviet spacecraft Luna 2, which impacted the moon's surface on September 14, 1959. It was an unmanned mission launched by the Soviet Union during the space race.
The first space probe to fly past the moon was the Soviet Luna 1 probe in 1959. Luna 1, also known as Mechta, was intended to impact the moon but missed and became the first human-made object to escape Earth's gravity.
The first man-made object to reach the moon was the Luna 2 probe in 1959.
The first space probe to fly past the Moon was the Soviet Luna 1 spacecraft in 1959. Luna 1 was intended to impact the Moon, but instead, it missed the Moon and became the first human-made object to enter orbit around the Sun.
The instrument is called the Moon Impact Probe or MIP.