Space Mission

Luna 1

Jan 2, 1959

Moon flyby to study the magnetic field and to find more out about gas components in space.

Luna 2

Sep 12, 1959

The first spacecraft to impact the moon.

Luna 3

Oct 4, 1959

Returned first images of the far side of the moon.

Ranger-7

Jul 28, 1964

The first american space probe to relay lunar photos.

Ranger-8

Feb 17, 1965

Relayed pictures of the moons surface for future landing sites.

Ranger-9

Mar 21, 1965

Achieved lunar trajectory impact and broadcasted on televisions all over the u.s.

Zond 3

Jul 18, 1965

Was intended for landing on mars but captured great pictures of the moons surface on it's way.

Luna 9

Jan 31, 1966

The first Russian mission to achieve a soft landing on the moon, was intended for any other planet but it landed on the moon.

Surveyor 1

May 30, 1966

Transmitted 11,237 photos from the moons surface which lead to the Apollo mission landings.

Lunar orbiter 2

Nov 6, 1966

Transmitted pictures of the far side of the moon for more landing missions.

Apollo 10

May 18, 1968

"dress rehearsal" for Apollo 12.

Apollo 11

Jun 16, 1968

Delivered the first 2 humans to the moon.

Apollo 12

Dec 14, 1968

Supposed to be a colored broadcast but one of the crew members destroyed the camera by pointing it at the sun, and man landing on the moon.

Apollo 8

Dec 21, 1968

First manned mission to the moon.

Apollo 13

Apr 11, 1970

Didn't make it due to spacecraft failures and oxygen tanks blew up.

Apollo 14

Jan 31, 1971

Moon rocks were collected and several science experiments took place on the moon.

Apollo 15

Jul 26, 1971

Exploring the moon.

Apollo 16

Apr 16, 1972

Lunar samples, Exploring the moon, and riding the rover.

Apollo 17

Dec 7, 1972

Last manned landing on the moon.

Mariner 10

Nov 3, 1973

Flyby and map some more of the planets.