Luna 1 Launches: First Moon-Vicinity Spacecraft, First Sun Orbit, January 2, 1959
Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
Date: January 2, 1959
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