Luna 2 was a Soviet uncrewed spacecraft launched to the Moon as part of the Luna programme. It was the first spacecraft to touch the surface of the Moon and the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body, following a direct path to the Moon and impacting its surface on September 13, 1959. It was built by OKB-1.
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- On 13 September 1959, it impacted the Moon's surface...the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body
Luna 2 article, lead section
It was the first spacecraft to touch the surface of the Moon, and the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body.
- Luna 2 article, infobox
- In Group: Lunar Orbiters and Flyby Probes, Luna 2 (Russian: ???? 2), originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched t
Part Of: Luna Program, Lead paragraph, part-of
Luna 2 (Russian: Луна 2), originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon, E-1 No.7 (Е-1А № 7).
Mission Of: Luna Program, Lead paragraph, mission-of
Luna 2 (Russian: Луна 2), originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon, E-1 No.7 (Е-1А № 7).
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Operated By: Soviet space program, Lead sectionQuote, Operated By: Soviet space program, Lead section
The Soviet space program (Russian: Космическая программа СССР, romanized: Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR) was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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