[DOC] [TLE] Luna 2 - Wikipedia [PAR] Luna 2 (E-1A series) or Lunik 2 was the second of the Soviet Union's Luna 
programme spacecraft launched to the Moon. It was the first spacecraft to reach 
the surface of the Moon, and the first man-made object to land on another 
celestial body. On September 14, 1959, it successfully impacted east of Mare 
Imbrium near ... Luna 2 was similar in design to Luna 1, a spherical spacecraft 
with... [DOC] [TLE] Luna 1 - Wikipedia [PAR] Luna 1, also known as Mechta (Russian: , lit.: Dream), E-1 No.4 and First 
Lunar Rover , was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Earth's Moon, 
and the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. Intended as an impactor, 
Luna 1 was launched as part of the Luna programme in 1959, ... The spacecraft 
passed within 5,995 kilometres (3,725 mi) of the Moon's... [DOC] [TLE] Luna 2 | The Space Race | Pinterest [PAR] Bom On September 12, 1959, Soviet spaceprobe Luna 2 was launched. ... of the 
Moon, and the first man-made object to land on another celestial body. ... Lower 
section in particular: Mood, lighting, futuristic, use of UI inside of nice ..... Some 
historians believe Luna 1 - a Soviet spacecraft - was supposed to hit the moon. [DOC] [TLE] the space race - Pasadena Independent School District [PAR] Soviet Luna 1, 2, and 3 explored near the Moon (1959).  NASA's ..... 2. A 
celestial body orbiting another ... The strength of gravity on an object 4,000 miles 
.... space probe to hit the ..... The two spacecraft came within 4 miles (6.4 
kilometers). [DOC] [TLE] 2 - Science - How Stuff Works [PAR] 2, 1959, the Soviet Luna 1 spacecraft made the first lunar flyby at a distance of ... 
and sent back more than 4,000 photos before it hit the surface of the moon. ... The 
final stage in the dress rehearsal came on May 18, 1969, with the launch of ... 
pilot Eugene Cernan lowered the Lunar Module to within 50,000 feet (15,240... [DOC] [TLE] Moon - Encyclopedia Astronautica [PAR] In 1959 the US Army completed a plan for a manned military outpost on the moon
. ... The spacecraft was to take 2 to 3 men to lunar orbit and back to earth by 1965. 
..... versions from 2320 kg to 3800 kg; 230 kg to 450 kg; and 1000 W to 4000 W. 
.... Luna 1 passed within 5,995 km of the Moon's surface on 4 January after 34... [DOC] [TLE] Suppressed Findings of the Space Program.pdf - Exopolitics UK [PAR] Secret Weapons Developed Under the Cover of the Civilian ... William L. Brian II 
is an engineer who has worked in a writing and editing ... the Moon at 24,300 
miles per hour. ..... the Moon's surface gravity which came out to be one-sixth of 
.... Russia was the first nation to send a successful lunar probe, called. Luna 1, on
... [DOC] [TLE] Space Today Online - Other Occurrences Data Page [PAR] The Space Age roared to life on a Friday in October 1957 when Russia's Old 
Number ... were made in 1957, including two rockets which flew 4,000 miles that 
August. ... from a hose onto the nosecone to keep the satellite inside from 
overheating. .... 1959: The USSR probe Luna 1 was the first human-made object 
to leave... [DOC] [TLE] 1 INTRODUCTION - Springer [PAR] astronauts are investigating the effects on the human body in ... ticket on board a 
Russian Soyuz spacecraft to visit the space station. ... and no interplanetary 
probes flying through the Solar System. Chapter 1. 2 .... Revolution and the 
Soviets came to power. ..... Luna 1 was meant to hit our rocky neighbor, but just 
missed it. [DOC] [TLE] Deep Space Chronicle a Chronology of Deep Space and Planetar [PAR] After this encounter, Mariner 2 sped inside the orbit of Venus and eventually 
ceased .... sent the probe around the Sun and back on the way to Jupiter, Galileo 
came back ..... 1959

Question: In 1959 the Russian probe Luna 1 came within about 4,000 miles of this body & Luna 2 hit it
Answer: The moon