Sergei Pavlovich Korolev14 September 1959
Directs the mission whose probe becomes the first human-made object to reach the Moon.
Russia · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Directs the mission whose probe becomes the first human-made object to reach the Moon.
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