Exploring the history of the moon (including the former Soviet Union and the United States)

1959101On October 4th, the former Soviet Union launched the Lunar 3 probe, flew over the back of the moon, and photographed and sent back about 70% of the pictures of the back of the moon to the Earth. This is the first time that humans have obtained photos of the back of the moon, which makes them see the back of the moon for the first time. This is a photo of the moon received by the Soviet automatic interplanetary station at that time. The solid line in the picture is the equator of the moon; The dotted line is the dividing line between the visible and invisible parts of the moon from the earth. Xinhua News Agency issued1965 from March to196611October, and the United States launched 10 Gemini spacecraft with two pilots. Gemini is an auxiliary project of Apollo, which is used to verify the technology of manned spacecraft orbit change, rendezvous and docking, extravehicular activity and so on. This is the month of 1966 1 1, and American Gemini astronaut Edwin Aldrin is performing a task outside the cabin. Xinhua News Agency1969 July 16-24, the first human mission to the moon was completed. Apollo 1 1 was carried by three American astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. It was launched in July 16 and flew to the moon on July 20. At 20: 00 GMT on July 20th, the lunar module piloted by Armstrong and Aldrin landed in the sea of tranquility on the surface of the moon, and then they walked out of the lunar module one after another. This is American astronauts Aldrin and Armstrong (pictured in helmets) landing on the moon. Xinhua News Agency On September 27th, 2003, Europe successfully launched the first lunar probe-"Wisdom 1", marking the official start of European lunar exploration activities. "Wisdom 1" entered the orbit around the moon in March 2005 and hit the Moon Lake area on September 3, 2006. During this period, rich scientific achievements have been made. This is the schematic diagram of the lunar probe "Wisdom 1" released by the European Space Agency. Xinhua News Agency On September 14, 2007, the Japanese "Moon Goddess" probe was launched and began a one-year lunar exploration activity. This is 14 September, when "Moon Goddess" took the H2A- 13 rocket and successfully lifted off from the Seed Island Space Center in southern Japan. All these things have been summarized for you. . Everything else is secret, but Soviet officials didn't announce it because there was no progress on the moon. Some secret activities are unknown.