Luna 2

Mission overview

Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another world, impacting the Moon in 1959.

Mission data

Identity and engineering data from Wikidata (type-verified match · Q1159927) · launch date 1959-09-12 confirmed

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Outcome & discoveries

Became the first human-made object to reach the Moon.

Mission profile

Knowledge connections

• Target ofThe Moon
• Operated byRoscosmos
• Part of programLuna program
• Launched fromBaikonur Cosmodrome
• Mission targetThe Moon
• Associated withLuna 2 Reaches the Moon

Related missions

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• RoscosmosState Space Corporation Roscosmos

  Russian crewed and robotic spaceflight history and programs.