1966 ⟶ Surveyor 1 Soft Landing on the Moon

Surveyor 1 becomes the first American spacecraft to softly l...
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1966
1969

🌕 Surveyor 1 Soft Landing on the Moon

Surveyor 1 becomes the first American spacecraft to softly land on another extraterrestrial body.⟶
Surveyor 1 Soft Landing on the Moon (1966)
Space RaceNASAMoon LandingExplorationTechnologyCold WarScientific Discovery

🌕 Luna 9 Lands on the Moon

Luna 9 successfully lands on the Moon becoming the first spacecraft to softly land on another extraterrestrial body.⟶
space raceUSSRMoon landingexplorationlunar probeSoviet Uniontechnology

🚀 Surveyor 1 Launch

Surveyor 1 is launched.⟶
Surveyor 1 Launch (1966)
Space RaceNASAMoon ExplorationScientific AdvancementsTechnologyCold War Competition

🚀 Apollo 11 Launch

Apollo 11 is launched.⟶
Apollo 11 Launch (1969)
Space RaceNASAMoon LandingTechnologyExplorationCold WarUS

🌕 First Crewed Moon Landing

the U.S. accomplishes the first crewed Moon landing, Apollo 11. Crewed by Neil Armstrong, "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins.⟶
First Crewed Moon Landing (1969)
Space RaceNASAMoon LandingTechnologyExplorationCold WarUSArmstrongAldrin

🌎 Apollo 11 Returns to Earth

Apollo 11 returns to Earth.⟶
Apollo 11 Returns to Earth (1969)
Space RaceNASAMoon LandingTechnologyExplorationCold WarUSSpaceflight