Luna 2: The First Human-Made Object to Reach the Moon - 1959

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Luna 2: The First Human-Made Object to Reach the Moon - 1959

The first rocket to reach the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, which impacted the lunar surface on September 14, 1959.

While it wasn't a landing (it crashed), it was the first human-made object to reach the Moon.

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