The Surveyor 1 was the first U.S.A. spacecraft to perform a controlled landing on the moon on March 30,1966. It took 11,100 pictures (film not digital) over a six week mission. It was not a manned mission.
The first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon was the surveyor 1 spacecraft in 1966.
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The first lunar landing was by the unmanned Russian Luna 2 on September 13 1959. Though the vehicle impacted, it was not a controlled descent. Luna 9 on 31 Jan 1966 was the first soft unmanned landing. Surveyor 1 on 30 May 1966 was the first US unmanned soft landing 20 July 1969 first manned moon landing. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon the following day.
The Luna 16 was the first space probe to fly past the moon. The Lunokhod 1 was the first rover on the moon. It was sent to the Moon on November 10, 1970.
Surveyor 1 landed on the moon and was the first US lunar lander.
Surveyor 1 was the first American spacecraft on the moon. It landed in 1966
The first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon was the surveyor 1 spacecraft in 1966.
Surveyor 1 was launched on May 30, 1966 and landed on the moon on June 2, 1966, It has been sitting on the moon ever since.
It was the unmanned spacecraft called Surveyor 1 in 1966.
June 2, 1966
Surveyor 1
NASA had two different series of unmanned spacecraft that went to the moon during the 1960's. The first was the "RANGER" program. These crafts were designed to crash into the surface of the moon, sending back pictures up to the very last second before impacting on the surface. There were 7 Ranger spacecraft, the first six all failed. Only ranger 7 made it to the moons surface, impacting on July 3, 1964. The "SURVEYOR" series of scpacecraft were designed to land softly on the moons surface, take pictures and test the moons surface, There were 6 surveyor space craft that all landed successfully on the moon. The first was Surveyor 1 on June 2, 1966. NASA had two different series of unmanned spacecraft that went to the moon during the 1960's. The first was the "RANGER" program. These crafts were designed to crash into the surface of the moon, sending back pictures up to the very last second before impacting on the surface. There were 7 Ranger spacecraft, the first six all failed. Only ranger 7 made it to the moons surface, impacting on July 3, 1964. The "SURVEYOR" series of scpacecraft were designed to land softly on the moons surface, take pictures and test the moons surface, There were 6 surveyor space craft that all landed successfully on the moon. The first was Surveyor 1 on June 2, 1966.
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