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.
The USSR Luna 10, 1966
The first space mission to orbit a celestial body other than Earth was the Soviet Luna 1 mission in 1959. It successfully orbited the Moon, making it the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of another celestial body.
The first US spacecraft to enter into an orbit around a planet other than the moon was Mariner 2, which orbited Venus in 1962.
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 was the first to perform a successful soft landing on the Moon on February 3, 1966. It transmitted images back to Earth from the lunar surface.
ahhh now.... When a spacecraft leaves earths atmoshere it does not leave earths gravitational pull! the moon itself is in earths gravitational pull. which is what stops the moon from floating away so as far as i can imagine if you put a space craft on the moon you have not left earths gravitational pull or the E.G.P
The USSR Luna 10, 1966
The first spacecraft to orbit the moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 10, which achieved lunar orbit on April 3, 1966. Luna 10 returned valuable data about the moon's magnetic field and radiation environment during its mission.
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.
The Russian vehicle Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
The first man-made object to land on the Moon was the Soviet spacecraft Luna 2, on September 13, 1959. It successfully impacted the Moon's surface, marking a significant milestone in space exploration.
Luna 1 was a Soviet spacecraft that was launched in 1959. It did not orbit the sun directly, but it was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the moon, passing within 6,000 kilometers of the lunar surface before continuing on into orbit around the sun.
Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to land on the moon in 1966.
The circling of the spacecraft around the moon is called its lunar orbit.
"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 Luna spacecraft was launched by the Soviet Union (Russia) in 1959. Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
The moon Luna orbits the planet Earth.
The first unmanned space probe to reach the moon was the USSR's Luna 2, in Sep 1959. The first manned spacecraft to land on the the moon was the USA's Apollo 11, on July 20, 1969.