The first manned Moon voyage, the Apollo 8, launched with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders.
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The Soviet Union's Luna 2 space probe became the first spacecraft to reach the moon's surface.
The final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, successfully landed on the moon.
NASA launched Apollo 9 crewed mission.
India became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.
India's first unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, was launched.
