Luna 1 was launched at 16:41 GMT (22:41 local time) on 2 January 1959 from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome by a Luna 8K72 rocket. [1] The first three stages operated nominally.

1 day ago · In the midst of the Space Race – a little over a year since Sputnik's launch – the Soviet Union scored another win when Luna 1 took off for the Moon. On Jan. 2, 1959, the …

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.

Dec 18, 2025 · 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 …

Jan 4, 2025 · First Cosmic Ship (which was later known as Мечта (Mechta, “Dream”) and today is called Luna 1) was launched from the Scientific-Research Test Range No. 5 at Tyuratam, …

Luna, any of a series of 25 uncrewed Soviet and later Russian lunar probes launched between 1959 and 2023. Luna 1 (launched January 2, 1959) was the first spacecraft to escape Earth’s …

On this date, Jan. 2, 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 1. The probe would pass within 3,725.5 miles of the moon but did not hit the natural satellite due to a failure in the launch...

Luna 1 was a Soviet robotic spacecraft launched on 2 January 1959 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Vostok-L rocket, marking the first successful attempt in the Luna …

In early 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 1 — the first spacecraft ever sent toward the Moon.The mission failed to land… but made history by becoming the...

Launched on January 2, 1959, at 00:41:21 UTC, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a formidable Luna 8K72 rocket, Luna 1 was conceived as the first lunar impactor.