The first spaceship to land on the moon was Luna 2, a Soviet spacecraft, which crashed on the lunar surface on September 13, 1959.

While Luna 2 was the first to reach the moon, Luna 9 was the first to make a *soft landing* on the moon in 1966.

The first spacecraft to carry humans to the moon was Apollo 11, which landed on July 20, 1969, with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin becoming the first humans to walk on the lunar surface.