2007-02-15 08:23:55 · 17 answers · asked by anum 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
I assume you mean a 'thing' that landed on the moon...The Russians 'crash' landed a rocket onto the Moon first. They deserve the credit for that...
2007-02-15 09:20:01 · answer #1 · answered by proudbaldeagle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luna 1 was the first attempted flight of a probe to the moon sent by the Soviet Union in Jan 1959, but within a couple of hours of the flight it was evident that it would miss the moon and the probe inadvertently became the first probe to be sent to the sun where it became locked in a endless orbit along with the planets.
Luna 2 was the first successful probe to be sent to the moon again by the Soviet Union. In Sept 1959 it crashed on the lunar surface and went down in history as the first probe to reach the moon. No pictures were taken but the probe sent out a "beep beep" sound just like Sputnik the first satellite. When the beeps stopped the scientists knew the probe had reached the moon as the probe smashed into the lunar surface.
2007-02-16 21:39:56 · answer #2 · answered by Pete 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing was sent to the Moon by humans from planet Earth. The United States staged the Moon landings, not once, but several times. So, nothing was sent to the Moon.
2007-02-15 18:38:13 · answer #3 · answered by fenx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
February 3, 1966
First Spacecraft to Land on the Moon
The Russian spacecraft Luna 9 completed a 250,000-mile trip and successfully became the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon. Luna 9 transmitted pictures of the Moon's surface back to Earth. The mission demonstrated that the Moon's surface was strong enough to support the weight of a large spacecraft.
June 2, 1966
First American Spacecraft on the Moon
Surveyor 1 became the first American spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon. After a journey of 63 hours and 36 minutes, Surveyor 1 successfully landed only 9 miles off its target in the Oceanus Procellarum. The spacecraft transmitted more than 11,000 high-resolution photographs before its energy sources were depleted.
2007-02-15 16:58:19 · answer #4 · answered by Pamela Y. 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Luna 1 (USSR) was the first probe to orbit the moon, several other probes later in the Luna series landed before the Americans got around to the Apollo programme which first orbited with Apollo 8 and landed with Apollo 11.
2007-02-15 17:06:04 · answer #5 · answered by Red P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a rocket with a monkey, some flowers, picture of the queen, some fuel (to get back of course) oh and a radio. phones dont work ( the line would be very long) maybe some pilots as the monkey couldnt speak on the radio but he could press the right buttons to fly back! i really dont know actually but had u going on the first line tho a?
2007-02-19 06:45:25 · answer #6 · answered by mnedav 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arocket with some people!!! Unless some one in the stone age sent a rocket up, lol only kidding!!! it was neil armstrong in a space ship in 1962 i think!!!
2007-02-15 16:29:50 · answer #7 · answered by Kizzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A letter from the TV licencing authority demanding payment for a TV licence
2007-02-15 17:07:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A space probe.
And it was the Russians that hit it first.
2007-02-15 16:54:48 · answer #9 · answered by asgspifs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a rocket with a monkey on board
2007-02-15 16:30:33 · answer #10 · answered by sparky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋