No lunar missions were launched in this decade. Successful studied Moon while en route to Mercury spaceflight during which commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr., on July 20, 1969, became the first people to land on the Moon and walk the lunar surface. Successful longest-lived rover on the Moon, drove 24 miles (39 kilometers) Successful delivered Lunokhod 2 rover to the surface of the Moon Successful first scientist on the Moon and final Apollo mission Partial Success orbit decayed prematurely Successful deployed in lunar orbit by Apollo 15 crew Successful first robotic rover to explore the surface of a world beyond Earth Successful delivered Lunokhod 1 rover to the surface of the Moon Successful first robotic sample return from beyond Earth. Unsuccessful crew returned safely to Earth. Successful rendezvous with Surveyor 3 on the surface of the moon.Īpollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 collects lunar rake samples at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Successful first humans to land on the Moon Partial success orbiter successful, sample return crashed on the Moon Partial success animal cargo lost on landing. Successful f irst living creatures to fly past the Moon 16, 2022 Mission duration: 25 days, 10 hours, 53 minutes Total distance traveled: 1.4 miIlion miles Re-entry speed: 24,581 mph (Mach 32) Splashdown: Dec. Successful visited on the Moon by Apollo 12 crew. Successful first lunar soft landing and first picture from the lunar surface examines the robotic Surveyor 3 spacecraft during his second extravehicular activity (EVA) on the Moon on 20 November 1969. Successful first pictures of the lunar farside.Īpollo 12 commander Charles Conrad Jr. Successful first spacecraft to impact the Moon's surface James Van Allen inspect components of the Pioneer IV spacecraft on March 1, 1959.
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