1959 in Spaceflight - Deep Space Rendezvous

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
4 January Luna 1 Lunar flyby Failed impactor, closest approach: 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi)
4 March Pioneer 4 Lunar flyby Closest approach: 60,200 kilometres (37,400 mi)
14 September Luna 2 Lunar impact Landed in Mare Imbrium, first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon
6 October Luna 3 Lunar flyby Circumlunar flight, returned 29 pictures, closest approach 6,200 kilometres (3,900 mi)

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