14 September 1959
First Spacecraft on the Moon
The achievement marks first spacecraft on the moon as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Moon in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The achievement marks first spacecraft on the moon as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Directs the mission whose probe becomes the first human-made object to reach the Moon.
Luna 2 becomes the first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon.
Luna 3 photographs the far side of the Moon for the first time.
The achievement marks first lunar soft landing as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Leads design work for Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land softly on the Moon.
The achievement marks first lunar satellite as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Leads the programme placing Luna 10 into lunar orbit.
The achievement marks first remote lunar rover as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Designs the mobility system used by Lunokhod 1 on the lunar surface.
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