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Luna 2
Luna 2
(E-1A series) 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 the craters Aristides,
Archimedes
, and
Autolycus
.
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