alleryStart learning →In 1959, which spacecraft made the first flyby of the Moon?
ALuna 1 probe
BApollo 11 craft
CChandrayaan 1
DSputnik 2 craft
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Luna 1 probe
Luna 1 of the Soviet Union flew past the Moon in 1959, the first spaceflight to an extraterrestrial body.
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