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Russia won the first round of the space race when it launched the first man to orbit the Earth, Yuri Gagarin, in 1961. Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Jr, however, fulfilled John F Kennedy’s promise to reach the Moon by the end of the decade, landing there on July 20, 1969, with Nasa’s Apollo 11. The Soviet Union subsequently cancelled its lunar programmes Russia will send a team of cosmonauts to the Moon, 60 years after Neil Armstrong’s Apollo mission effectively ended the US-Soviet space race. Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Jr fulfilled John F. Kennedy’s promise to reach the Moon by the end of the decade, landing there on July 20, 1969, with NASA’s Apollo 11 Photo: Reuters. Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Jr, however, fulfilled John F Kennedy’s promise to reach the Moon by the end of the decade, landing there on July 20, 1969, with Nasa’s Apollo 11. During the NASA Apollo program, a total of 9 flights were made to the Moon from December 1968 to December, 1972. Six of these flights landed men on the Moon, beginning with Ne … il Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. There are 12 men who walked on the Moon, and there are 12 more who orbited the Moon but never walked on the surface. Three men went to the Moon twice Richard Cavendish explains how, on September 12th, 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 2, the first spacecraft to successfully reach the Moon. The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union brought an engaging touch of science fiction to the Cold War. To American astonishment and dismay, the Russians at first took a commanding lead. Korolev had a clincher to come. Only three weeks later, Luna 3 was launched on October 4th, the second anniversary of Sputnik 1, to swing round the far side of the Moon and send back the first fuzzy pictures of its dark side, which no one had seen before. In the end it was of course the Americans who won the race, in 1969, when their astronauts first walked on the Moon. For all the years of rivalry, the viewing room in Russia burst into huge applause as Neil Armstrong took the first steps. Korolev had a clincher to come. Only three weeks later, Luna 3 was launched on October 4th, the second anniversary of Sputnik 1, to swing round the far side of the Moon and send back the first fuzzy pictures of its dark side, which no one had seen before. The Russians (in those days, the USSR) did have plans to land a man on the moon, but the failure of the N1 launcher rocket caused the project to be abandoned in the 1970s. So … no Russian has ever walked on the moon. As of 2011, none. The only humans that walked on the moon were the US crews of the Apollo program. Between 1969 and 1972, six NASA missions landed on the Moon: Apollo 11, 12, … 14, 15, 16, and 17. Two astronauts on each mission walked on the Moon, for a total of 12 Americans, but so far, no Russians. After the unsuccessful attempt by the Luna 1 to land on the moon in 1959, the Soviet Union performed the first hard (unpowered) moon landing later that same year with the Luna 2 spacecraft, a feat the U.S. duplicated in 1962 with Ranger 4. The Luna 9 spacecraft, launched by the Soviet Union, performed the first successful soft Moon landing on 3 February. Airbags protected its 99 kilograms (218 lb) ejectable capsule which survived an impact speed of over 15 metres per second (54 km/h). The first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon was the Soviet Union 's Luna 2 mission, on 13 September 1959. The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969. The Luna 9 spacecraft, launched by the Soviet Union, performed the first successful soft Moon landing on 3 February. Airbags protected its 99 kilograms (218 lb) ejectable capsule which survived an impact speed of over 15 metres per second (54 km/h). One giant leap for mankind, again. Russia’s space agency said Tuesday it will launch a “full-scale” exploration of the Moon as part of a long-term mission to get a human being on the lunar surface for the first time in decades.  Russia or any other country has not sent any dogs to the moon. All the dogs sent into space by Russia have been to earth orbit only. Laika, the first dog in space, was a mongr … el but said to be mostly Siberian Husky. Six of these flights landed men on the Moon, beginning with Ne … il Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. There are 12 men who walked on the Moon, and there are 12 more who orbited the Moon but never walked on the surface.
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