Luna 1 - Wikipedia
Luna 1, also known as Mechta (Russian: Мечта [mʲɪt͡ɕˈta], lit.: Dream), E-1 No.4 and First Lunar Rover, [4] was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's Moon, the first spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit, and the first to be placed in heliocentric orbit.
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details
Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to reach the Moon, and the first of a series of Soviet automatic interplanetary stations successfully launched in the direction of the Moon. The spacecraft was sphere-shaped.
Luna 1 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luna 1 (also known as the First Cosmic Ship, [3] Cosmic Rocket [4] and Mechta [4] (Russian: Мечта, Literal translation: Dream)) was a space probe of the Soviet Union. [5] It was the first mission in the Luna programme [5] and it was the first spacecraft to reach the Moon.
Luna-1: USSR launches the first artificial planet
Luna-1: USSR launches the first artificial planet. On Jan. 2, 1959, the USSR launched the first spacecraft beyond the Earth orbit into a trajectory around the Sun. The E1 No. 4 probe was designed to hit the Moon but missed it due to navigational errors.
Luna | Moon, Soviet, & Exploration | Britannica
Luna 1 (launched January 2, 1959) was the first spacecraft to escape Earth’s gravity. It failed to impact the Moon as planned and became the first artificial object to go into orbit around the Sun.
January 2nd, 1959: The Soviet Luna 1 is Launched
On January 2, 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 1, a spacecraft that forever changed humanity’s understanding of space. Luna 1 was the first human-made object to reach the vicinity of the Moon and the first to orbit the Sun.
Trailblazer in space: Soviet Luna 1 pioneering Sun orbit
Jan 2, 2025 · The Vostok-L 8K72 rocket launched Luna 1 from the USSR’s Baikonur Cosmodrome. To break free of Earth’s gravity, the rocket was fitted with a third stage, Block E, which also released a glowing sodium cloud visible from Earth to …
Luna 1 reaches vicinity of the moon, January 2, 1959 - EDN
Jan 2, 2019 · Soviet spacecraft Luna 1 became the first man-made object to reach the vicinity of the moon after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by a Luna 8K72 rocket on January 2, 1959. The plan for Luna 1 had been to conduct in-flight …
Luna Mission - Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)
The Luna missions were designed to collect information about the Moon and its environment, not only for scientific purposes but also to be used in the planning of future lunar missions including manned missions to the Moon.
Luna 1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This glowing orange trail of gas, visible over the Indian Ocean with the brightness of a sixth-magnitude star, allowed astronomers to track the spacecraft. It also served as an experiment on the behavior of gas in outer space. Luna 1 passed within 5995 km of the Moon's surface on 4 January after 34 hours of flight.