LaunchesLuna-2
Soviet Space ProgramSUCCESS
Luna-2
Vostok-L 8K72 · Lunar Exploration
19591/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission
Luna 2 successfully impacted the Moon's surface making it the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon and the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Rocket
- Vostok-L 8K72
- Orbit
- Lunar Impactor
- Pad
- 1/5
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2