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Vostok-L 8K72 | Luna-2

Luna-2

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 12 Sept 1959, 06:39 am UTC

Rocket: Vostok-L 8K72 (Vostok)

Provider: Soviet Space Program

Mission

Type: Lunar Exploration

Orbit: Lunar Impactor

Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

Luna 2 successfully impacted the Moon's surface making it the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon and the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body.