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Has Russia ever landed on the moon? - English Russia Skip to content Menu Photos Funny History Culture Science Business Interesting Facts More People Nature Art Society Technology Automotive Economics Transport Sports Video Exclusive Other Has Russia ever landed on the moon? Thereâ€™s a lot of confusion as to whether Russia landed on the moon or not. A lot of people immediately assume that they’ve already landed on the moon because their cosmonauts are almost as popular as the astronauts. Let’s make it clear, we will take a look at some history facts… About the Luna 2 Mission Yes, Russia has already landed on the moon. In fact, history tells us that theyâ€™re the first one to do so. However, this distinction is for an unmanned mission when the Luna 2 landed on the moon on September 13, 1959. Source: Flickr It took the US 3 years before they were able to duplicate the feat when the Ranger 4 unmanned mission landed on the moon. Since that time, there have been 12 spacecraft between the US and the Soviet that were able to make soft landings by using braking rockets â€“ something that the USSR accomplished first. Source: Flickr Due to the soft landing, these unmanned missions led to scientific operations on the surface of the moon. In fact, the Luna 16 was able to return with a soil sample on September 24, 1970. Its success led to the successful missions of the Luna 20 and the Luna 24 in 1972 and 1976. This was followed by successful rover missions of the Luna 17 and Luna 21. Source: Flickr How about Manned Landings? Only the US has the distinction of sending people to the moon. To date, 12 people have set foot on the moon. These were scattered across 6 missions of NASA that happened from July 20, 1969 to December 14, 1972. Source: Flickr Of course, everyone knows that it was the team of Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong that first stepped on the moon when they arrived via the Apollo 11. The last footprints were left behind by the team of Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan aboard the Apollo 17. This means that while Russia has already landed on the moon, a Russian has yet to set foot on the moon. Things are about to Change Russia is now preparing for a manned landing on the moon by 2030. This is based on a document from the Roskosmos that was leaked. According to the document, a spacecraft will conduct a test flight around the moon before landing the cosmonauts on the surface. Source: Flickr Actually, Moscow has been transparent in its plans to send a manned spacecraft to the moon for years. However, this is the first time that a deadline has been established. The nation is in an extreme pressure to save their space program. Several of their satellites have crashed these past few years. With a successful manned mission, it should revive the space program of Russia. According to them, this should restore its space programâ€™s prestige back to the prestige that it enjoyed when it was head to head in a heated race to the moon against the United States. In Putin we believe! Source: Flickr Categories History, Interesting Facts Tags baikonur, cosmodrome, cosmonaut, moon, putin, russian spaceship, soviet-space-program Russian Female Prison GuardsTruck Hits a Truck Full of Paint 12 thoughts on “Has Russia ever landed on the moon?” Rob Normann June 1, 2015 at 4:11 am Funny the trolls haven’t noticed this yet, but they will be here sooner or later. I wish Great Russia the best of luck with their space-program. Reply jim June 1, 2015 at 8:49 am why dont we hear of these? Reply ja June 2, 2015 at 11:19 am luna 2 not landed on the moon .. it has hit the moon surface at high speed . luna 9 was first vessel witch landed on moon surface Reply ho fo sho June 4, 2015 at 6:37 am The question has to be asked though…what’s the point of a manned mission to the moon? Why not aim a little higher and go for Mars? Anyway, that last photo is obviously fake because the whole world knows that Putin would pose shirtless and flexing. Reply Fleming Balzac June 7, 2015 at 1:29 pm “Why not aim a little higher…” First, do you really want Mars polluted with empty vodka bottles? Second, you have to remember that Russia (bells and whistles not withstanding) is a pretty backward, third-world nation. Okay, they were able to understand the technology stolen from the west but unless they’ve figured a way to take a tractor to space, they ain’t going anywhere. Reply Scherbina February 7, 2022 at 9:25 pm you sir, are a class A fucktard with that elitist complex only western hicks have. Reply Frank June 7, 2015 at 1:53 pm @ ho fo sho Isn’t it wise to learn to walk before you try to run? Reply Denis Kinsner June 10, 2015 at 4:23 pm This bit of history, I find very interesting! I wish the Russian’s had pursued their own manned landing on the moon! Just think where we would be today…most likely, on Mars already! Reply mikh June 13, 2015 at 10:24 am Hollywood landed on the “Moon”, in Nevada and it was transmitted live just like 9/11 because they couldnÂ´t fail that one like they did the others… And it was of coursethe second best option after years and years of failures and fiasco’s. When Russia decides to go there, for other more practical reasons than the US fakes was dreaming of, they will find nothing… Reply Mike June 14, 2015 at 7:20 am Right…and the hoax was successfully carried out and perpetuated by the hundreds and thousands of other people working for Apolo, too. So, what was the purpose of the hoax? To upstage the Russians…cheaply? LOL! Cheap government space programs. LOL, a cheap U.S. program, period. Well, then where did all the money for the program actually go? The usual whipping boy is the CIA, covert funds and the like. Then why the big charade and expense? However even then there are easier and more efficient ways to do funnel money. The technical parts of the hoax were debunked years ago. Debunked to the point the moon hoaxers make shimmering retards like the 9/11 truthists look like geniuses. Reply Darius June 14, 2015 at 11:56 am So tell me why the ordinary people from US have “uncovered” this “fake landing” and there is not a single word of suspicion from the biggest competitor in this story – the Soviet union/Russia? Reply Pom2Ter July 30, 2015 at 12:37 pm Especially now that the last Chinese probe that went into Moon orbit sent back images of Apollo 11’s landing site… call that a hoax after the soviet union never denied it and the Chinese provided photo evidence of it… Still all the conspiracy freaks are talking shit… Reply Leave a Comment Cancel replyCommentName Email Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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