Cosmic Exploration · mission
Luna 2
1959 · Roscosmos · The Moon · Completed
- Agency
- Roscosmos
- Status
- Completed
- End Date
- 1959-09-14
- Destination
- The Moon
- Launch Date
- 1959-09-12
Objective
The first object from Earth to reach another world, which it did by hitting it. It also established that the Moon has no appreciable magnetic field.
Open on the Cosmic Exploration shelf — the interactive card, the filters, and everything alongside it.