Moon rover being used during the Apollo 15 mission. The Soviet Space Program was the first organisation to have reached the moon with the Luna 2 spacecraft in It was the 6th attempt by the Soviets to impact the moon, which demonstrates the will and motivation they had to achieve this feat at the time.
Many believe that this event was the main trigger for the real start of the space race. The Soviet space program was indeed a pioneer in space exploration and many of their cosmonauts became famous, such as Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova. The main objective of the mission was to create a super-accurate 3D map of the moon. In total, China has completed 7 lunar missions and plans to send humans to the moon around Its mission was to deliver a little satellite called Hagoromo near the moon as well as testing different technologies designed for lunar and planetary exploration.
A three-part spacecraft named SELENE Selenological and Engineering Explorer orbited the moon for a little more than a year and a half while studying its origin, its surface, its geology, and its gravity. The spacecraft was launched in October and easily completed its mission in about 4 days, before sending its last transmission a month later. After orbiting the moon for 3 years, the spacecraft was then crashed into the surface, ending its 3 years mission.
The mission lasted for 10 months and played an instrumental role in the discovery of water molecules on the moon. A historic feat that probably helped trigger the space race between Russia and the United States. To date, only one country has succeeded in landing humans on the moon: the United States of America. This was known as the Space Race. Tests were conducted in secrecy to avoid any leakage of plans that would reach the west.
Later, the USSR also sent missions to the moon. These lunar missions were unmanned and were conducted from to Information about the tests and launches were revealed after the collapse of the Soviet Union in Japan recovered quickly from the ashes of the Second World War and soon sent a space probe to the moon.
The orbit completed its month mission and crashed on March 1, Hiten and Selene were Japanese probes, which orbited the moon before crashing on its surface as planned. The Hiten probe was launched on January 24, , and crashed on April 10, The Selene orbiter was launched September 14, , and like Hiten crashed on June 10, The Swedish-designed satellite took clear images of the moon and ended its mission by crashing onto the lunar surface in a controlled collision.
India has already successfully launched Chandraayan-1 probe to the moon that crashed on March 1, , after its launch on October 22, Share Via. If you would like to know more about the types of cookies we serve and how to change your cookie settings, please read our Cookie Notice.
By clicking the "I accept" button, you consent to the use of these cookies. This is the tally of moon missions long after the first race for space that saw the U.
The U. The USSR flew 23 such missions between and China counts seven missions to the moon after a Hong Kong satellite, AsiaSat 3, in missed its Earth orbit, which was subsequently adjusted with the help of two lunar fly-bys, marking the first accidental commercial mission to the moon.
India successfully completed a lunar orbit and impactor mission Chandrayaan-1 in and entered the moon orbit again in September , with a lander and rover mission that was - most likely - a failure. Contact was lost with the lander upon approach and the Indian mission control does suspect a hard landing.
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