Mission · First lunar impact
Luna 2
- Agency
- USSR
- Launched
- 1959
- Type
- impactor
- Status
- completed (1959)
NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
Scientific overview
Luna 2 is a first lunar impact, operated by USSR, launched in 1959.
Mission
- Agency
- USSR
- Launched
- 1959
- Type
- impactor
- Status
- completed (1959)
Observation
How this was captured
- Source
- NASA
- Observation date
- 2010-03-19
Targets & destinations
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.