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The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the Moon.
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Soviet Union
Country in Eurasia (1922–1991)
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zones and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Luna 2
1959 Soviet unmanned space mission to impact the surface of the Moon
Luna 2, originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon, E-1 No.7. It was the first spacecraft to touch the surface of the Moon, and the first…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)