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Luna 2 site is near the right of the image, relatively close to the Apollo 15 landing site. Luna 2 took a direct path to the Moon, [36] starting with an initial velocity from Earth of 11.2 kilometres per second (25,000 mph) [33] and impacting the Moon at about 3.3 kilometres per second (7,400 mph). [37]
The first picture of another world from space and of the Moon's far side, photographed by Luna 3 in 1959 Museum replica of Luna 1 and Luna 2 Scale model of Luna 3 First image of the Moon taken by a U.S. spacecraft, [26] Ranger 7 in July 1964 Block III Ranger probe First photo ever taken from the surface of the Moon, by Luna 9 in February 1966 ...
Luna 2 (E-1A No.2) Luna 2: 12 September 1959: Luna: OKB-1: Impactor: Success Successful impact at 21:02 on 14 September 1959. First spacecraft to impact the lunar surface. [13] This made the Soviet Union the 1st country to impact the surface of the Moon. 12: Luna 3 (E-2A No.1) Luna 3: 4 October 1959: Luna: OKB-1: Flyby: Success
Flyby spacecraft had the generic designations of Ye-2 and Ye-3 (E-2 and E-3 depending on transliteration from Russian). [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Their function was to transmit photographs back to Earth. Luna 3 (October 1959) rounded the Moon later that year, and returned the first photographs of its far side , which can never be seen from Earth . [ 9 ]
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian scientists have started processing the first data received on the Luna-25 spacecraft after switching on the scientific equipment on board for the first time, Russia’s ...
Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to leave the gravitational influence of Earth. Also in 1959, Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another celestial body, impacting the Moon, and Luna 3 returned the first images of the far side of the Moon.
Evanna Lynch and Matthew Lewis Shutterstock (2) Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom may not have ended up together, but they did have a fleeting spark between them during Harry Potter and the ...
[1] [2] A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, including both crewed and robotic missions. The first human-made object to touch the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959. [3] In 1969 Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon. [4]