Historical Events tagged with "uncrewed spacecraft"
Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.
Space Exploration
Surveyor 1: First U.S. Soft Landing on Moon
June 2nd, 1966 58 years ago
Surveyor 1 made a milestone landing in Oceanus Procellarum, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another celestial body. Launched on May 30, 1966, the spacecraft successfully transmitted images and data back to Earth, greatly enhancing lunar knowledge and paving the way for future missions.
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