Luna 2

Mission overview

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

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

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• RoscosmosState Space Corporation Roscosmos

  Russian crewed and robotic spaceflight history and programs.