Luna 1
On January 2nd 1959 the Russian Luna 1 space
craft was launched it would become the first mission to reach our nearest
neighbour in space the Moon.
Luna 1 was designed to crash into the surface of the Moon,
it was hoped that it would send back details regarding the Moon right until its
impact. Due to a problem at mission control Luna 1 missed the Moon by about
3,700 miles. Although that part of the mission failed scientific information
was still gathered by this pioneering probe.
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