Now a number of developed countries are developing robotic explorers to explore the lunar surface and find out the possibility to support life.
So far, only three countries have successfully landed astronauts and explorers on the moon. The three countries, namely the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.
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The following countries have made it to the Moon, which are summarized from various sources:
1. Uni Soviet
During the Cold War era, the Soviet Union became the first country to successfully send the Luna 2 unmanned probe to the lunar surface in 1959 using a Sputnik rocket. But only a few years later, the Soviet Union managed to photograph the lunar surface after sending the Luna 9 and Luna 13 probes.
Then on the Luna 16 mission on September 24, 1970, the Soviet Union managed to take a sample of the moon’s surface rock and bring it to Earth. This success was followed by the next mission, namely, Luna 20 (1972) and Luna 24 (1976).
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