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    60 Years Ago: Luna 2 Makes Impact in Moon Race - NASA

    NamesSecond Soviet Cosmic Rocket · Lunik 2
    Mission typeLunar impactor
    OperatorSoviet space program
    Harvard designation1959 ξ 1
    Luna 2, originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of th…
    Luna 2, originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon, E-1 No.7. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon, and the first human-made object to make contact with another cel…
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    What does Luna 2 stand for?
    Luna 2 (Russian: Луна 2), originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union 's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon, E-1 No.7.
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    When did Luna 2 come out?
    Credits: RKK Energiya. Following another launch failure in June 1959, the Soviets launched their second Cosmic Rocket (later renamed Luna 2) on Sep. 12 and it successfully achieved escape velocity and placed the spacecraft, virtually identical to Luna 1, on an intercept course with the Moon.
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