Moon Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Earth's only natural satellite
About Moon
—Neil Armstrong The first spacecraft to land on the Moon was the SovietLuna 2on 13 September 1959, which had no passengers, and it simply crashed on the Moon while taking pictures. The SovietLuna 9was the first spacecraft to soft land (meaning that it landed on the Moon without crashing) on 3 February 1966, andLuna 10was the first to orbit the Moon on 3 April 1966. None of the Soviet Luna program spacecraft had crews. TheUnited Statesstarted the Apollo program in 1967, after President John F. Kennedy made an ambitious plan in 1961 to send people to the Moon by the end of the decade - in part to distract from the Soviets beating the U.S. to the punch on virtually every space "first" up to that point. Apollo 8 was the first mission to orbit the Moon bringing famous images to millions of hous
Top Attractions in Moon
Explore the best things to see and do in Moon:
- ★Dark Side of the Moon
- ★Descartes Highlands
- ★Earth
- ★Fra Mauro Highlands
- ★Hadley Rille
- ★Luna 2
- ★Lunar south pole
- ★Mare Tranquillitatis
Moon Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 14 sections including: