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A moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This includes both manned and unmanned (robotic) missions. The first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2 mission on September 13, 1959. The United States's Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Unmanned landingsSince the Soviet Union first succeeded in implementing the concept in 1966, this term referred to 18 spacecraft landings on the Moon up to 1976. The USSR was first to accomplish a lunar hard landing (impact). The United States was behind in matching this achievement. The USSR was also first to succeed in a soft landing, enabling the gathering of scientific data from the surface. Again the US was behind in matching that. Since this was during the time of the Cold War, the contest to be the first on the Moon was one of the most visible facts of the Space Race. The Soviet Union later achieved sample returns via the unmanned Luna 16, Luna 20 and Luna 24 Moon landings. Luna 17 and Luna 21 were successful rover missions. (All six US missions that returned samples, including three rovers, were accomplished with a human crew, eclipsing these later Soviet successes.) In more recent years, Japan, Europe, India and China have all achieved successful lunar hard landing missions. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  emergencymanagement.org.uk 669px x 640px | 27.60kB [source page] 21 July 1969 Photo courtesy of NASA From Yahoo Image Search: "Lunar Landing"  webcastr.com unknown Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:54:39 GM NASA Restores Moon . Landing. Video After 40 years of the U.S. . lunar landing. , NASA has restored the historic moon . landing. ... more. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... Newshi Politics Celebs Sports Entertainment Movies Music Games Fashion Humor Sexy Autos ...  flickr.com (nasa hq photo) hu, 05 Nov 2009 22:37:23 GM Phil Eaton, VP of Operations at Armadillo Aerospace, accepts the second place $5000 Northrop Grumman . Lunar. Lander Challenge prize on behalf of his team at the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, in Washington, DC.  eatmedaily.com unknown hu, 16 Jul 2009 16:00:25 GM The Apollo 11 flight is remembered as a giant leap for mankind, a moment when the world came together to watch Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong hop, skip, and jump across the . lunar. surface. But the glamour and excitement of the moon ... From Google Blog Search: "Lunar Landing"  news.google.com PR Newswire (press release) When completed, the crew module will be tested on the ground in equivalent flight-like environments, including static vibration, acoustics and water landing ... and more » news.google.com Austin American-Statesman A quarter moon had coincided with a lunar apogee when the moon is furthest from the Earth in its orbit drastically weakening the tide. ... news.google.com Huffington Post (blog) "Notable ones missing are Goldman Sachs as the third shooter [in John F. Kennedy's assassination] and faking the first lunar landing . ... and more » From Google News Search: "Lunar Landing" Who held the camera during first lunar landing? Q. We've all seen the footage of the astronauts landing on the moon but what I don't understand is how did they set up the camera gear that was used to tape the landing? Was it somehow sent to the moon before the shuttle got there for this purpose? Asked by Me - Wed Jan 28 20:36:25 2009 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments A. The camera on Apollo 11 was housed inside a protected cavity in one of the landing legs - they deployed the camera from inside the lander before they emerged. By the way, it wasn't a shuttle (they weren't created until the 1980's). Apollo 11 (and the other moon missions) was a different type of craft. Answered by poldi - Wed Jan 28 20:39:52 2009 I am looking to do a research paper on the Space Program, or the first lunar landing...Thesis help? Q. Does anybody have any suggestions about a good thesis statement that I can argue for the paper. I cannot think of any...Or does anybody have any better topic ideas? Asked by Tim H - Wed Apr 16 15:17:27 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. The Space Race, from 1958 to 2008. Where are we going and when do we get there? Here's a link: Answered by Steven D - Wed Apr 16 15:27:35 2008 Do you think the July 20, 1969 lunar landing spot will ever be a tourist attraction?
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