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Luna 2 (Russian: Луна 2), originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon, E-1 No.7.
On Sep. 13, Luna 2 became the first spacecraft to make contact with another celestial body when it impacted the Moon between Mare Imbrium and Mare Serenitatis, about 160 miles from where Apollo 15 would land 12 years later.
This video covers the remarkable journey of Luna 2, the first human-made spacecraft to successfully reach the moon’s surface on September 14, 1959. Known as ...
Luna 2 was the second of a series of spacecraft launched in the direction of the Moon. The first spacecraft to land on the Moon, it impacted the lunar surface east of Mare Serenitatis near the Aristides, Archimedes, and Autolycus craters.
Luna 2 was the first human-made object to make contact with an object outside of our planet. However, Luna 2 wasn't the first attempt at launching a spacecraft to the...
Luna 2 was the second of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched in the direction of the Moon. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of...
Luna 2 was the second in the Soviet Union's ambitious and long-running Luna program, which collected information about the lunar environment at least in part to prepare for...
Richard Cavendish explains how, on September 12th, 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 2, the first spacecraft to successfully reach the Moon. The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union brought an engaging touch of science fiction to the Cold War.
Luna 2 (September 12, 1959) was the first spacecraft to strike the Moon, and Luna 3 (October 4, 1959) made the first circumnavigation of the Moon and returned the first photographs of its far side. Luna 9 (January 31, 1966) made the first successful lunar soft landing.
On September 12, 1959, Soviet spaceprobe Luna 2 was launched. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon and was also the first man-made object to land on another celestial body .