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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.
Luna 2 and Ranger 4 both smashed into it while Apollo 11 was the first to land with people.
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969.
In September, 1959 ,the Soviet Union launched the Luna 2, the first mission to reach the moon. In October, 1959, it sent out Luna 3. As it orbited the moon, the Luna 3 transmitted pictures of the moon's hidden face for the first time. These pictures were of enormous historical and scientific importance.
The Soviet Union was the first country to launch a space probe. The first successful spacecraft to reach the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959.
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.
Luna 2 and Ranger 4 both smashed into it while Apollo 11 was the first to land with people.
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969.
In September, 1959 ,the Soviet Union launched the Luna 2, the first mission to reach the moon. In October, 1959, it sent out Luna 3. As it orbited the moon, the Luna 3 transmitted pictures of the moon's hidden face for the first time. These pictures were of enormous historical and scientific importance.
The Soviet Union was the first country to launch a space probe. The first successful spacecraft to reach the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959.
Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to land on the moon in 1966.
The Russian vehicle Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
"Luna 2" was the first USSR spacecraft on the surface of the moon, in 1960. "Ranger 4" was the first US spacecraft on the surface of the moon, in 1963. Both Luna-2 and Ranger-4 were crash landings. "Apollo 11", launched by the US, was the first mission to land men on the moon and return them safely to earth, in 1969.
The first space probe was called Luna 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1959. It was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon, though it did not achieve a lunar orbit.
The probe that launched on January 2, 1959, is called Luna 1. It was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and was part of the Soviet Union's Luna program. Luna 1 was intended to impact the Moon but instead entered orbit around the Sun, making it the first human-made object to reach that region of space.
Luna 1, the first spacecraft launched by the USSR, did not actually orbit the Moon; instead, it became the first human-made object to reach the vicinity of the Moon. It was launched on January 2, 1959, and successfully impacted near the Moon on January 4, 1959. Although it missed its planned impact point, it marked a significant achievement in space exploration.
1966. Luna 10 was a robotic spacecraft mission, which was launched to the Moon from an Earth orbiting platform on March 31, 1966. It was the first artificial satellite of the Moon (or another heavenly body). The spacecraft entered lunar orbit on April 3, 1966. Luna 10 operated for 460 lunar orbits in total.