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§ Historical recordLuna 2 impactor spacecraft
First human-made object to impact the lunar surface.
- Coordinates
- 29.1, 0 (positive-east)
- Era
- A (1959-1976)
- Parent mission
- Luna 2
- Role
- impactor spacecraft
- Operator
- Soviet space program
- Nation
- USSR
- Launched (UTC)
- 1959-09-12
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 1959-09-13 22:02:04
- Event type
- impactor
- Outcome
- success
- Site
- Palus Putredinis
- Left on surface
- impact debris/pennants on surface
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- crashed/on lunar surface
- Operational status (derived)
- inactive
- Source grade
- primary
Primary source