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Apr 1, 1001
Moon Formation (4.5 billion years ago)
The moon was created when a larged asteriod collided with the earth and got caught in the Earths gravitational pull. -
Period: Apr 2, 1001 to
From formation to Apollo 17
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Galileo Galilei
He invented the telescope. With his invention he could see, the craters and valleys, which he thought were seas. -
Soviets crash land on the moon
The Soviet Union's Luna 2 crash lands, becoming the first manmade object to contact the Moon -
Kennedy Pledge
US President John F. Kennedy pledges to land a man on the Moon "and return him safely to earth" before 1970. -
First landing
The soviets landed on the moon first, But only after 5 attemps, 3 crashed on the moon. But 1 missed all together. -
first steps on the moon
The human races first footsteps on the moon. Neil Armstrong says "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." -
First lunar rover
The USSR's unmanned Luna 17 enters lunar orbit carrying Lunokhod 1, the very first lunar rover. The vehicle covered more than 10 miles during almost a year of operation, and transmitted 20,000 pictures. -
Last moon mission
NASA's Apollo 17, was the last manned moon mission
