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Dec 12, 1000
4.5 Billion Years Ago
THe Earth's Moon is created 4.5 billion years ago -
Galileo
Galileo looks at the moon through his telescope for the first time. -
First Flybye
The first spacecraft to fly by the moon was the Luna one launched by the soviet union. We learned from this that the moon has no magnetic field. -
First Crash
Luna two was the first manmade object to land on the moon. -
First Landing
Luna nine was the first spacecraft to make a soft landing. All of the other Luna spacecrafts either crashed or missed. -
First Humans
NASA's Apollo eleven lands on the moon and Neil Armstrong takes the first step on the moon for mankind. -
First Lunar Rover
Lunokhod 1 is the first lunar rover to land on the moon and it was carried by the USSR's Luna 17. -
SMART-1
SMART-1 enters lunar orbit, it is to test new spacetechnology and run by the Europeans.