Luna 2
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Luna 2, originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon, E-1 No.7. It was the first spacecraft to touch the surface of the Moon, and the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body.
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The Soviet Union 1964 CPA 3089A souvenir sheet (Soviet Conquest of Space. 1st satellite, 1st pennant on the Moon, 1st view of the Moon far side, 1st man in space, 1st group in space, 1st woman in space) large resolution| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | Convert ru kosmos181 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Soviet Union 1964 CPA 3089A souvenir sheet (Soviet Conquest of Space. 1st satellite, 1st pennant on the Moon, 1st view of the Moon far side, 1st man in space, 1st group in space, 1st woman in space) large resolution | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Postage stamp | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Soviet Union 1964 CPA 2956-2961 stamps (First in Space. 1st satellite, 1st pennant on the Moon, 1st view of the Moon far side, 1st man in space, 1st group in space, 1st woman in space) small resolution | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Postage stamp | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Postage stamp | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Postage stamp | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Stamp of Congo, Republic (Brazzaville) - 1967 - Colnect 974331 - Ranger VI - Lunik II over the Moon | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Kansas Cosmosphere Luna 2 Pennant 2013 | Commons | ||






