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First Spacecraft on the Moon

Russia · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1959

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev14 September 1959

Moon · Science / Astronomy

The achievement marks first spacecraft on the moon as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Names involved

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev

Provenance

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