First to the Moon | ||
mission |
arrived |
achievement |
Luna 2 (U.S.S.R.) |
Sept. 13, 1959 first crash-landing | |
Luna 9 (U.S.S.R.) |
Feb. 3, 1966 |
first soft-landing |
Apollo 11 (U.S.A.) |
Juty 21, 1969 |
first astronauts walk on Moon |
Luna 16 (U.S.S.R.) |
Sept. 20, 1970 first automated sample return | |
Luna 17 (U.S.S.R.) Nov. 17, 1970 |
first robotic lunar rover | |
Apollo 15 (U.S.A.) |
July 30, 1971 |
first manned lunar rover |
The Moon is around 238,900 miles (384,400 km) away and it takes just over 60 hours to get there. Morę than 60 robotic craft and nine crewed craft have traveled to the Moon. The journey has been madę by 24 men—three of them have been twice and a dozen have walked on its surface.