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Luna 1

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Luna 1
RIA Novosti archive, image #510848 / Alexander Mokletsov / CC-BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 3.0 · resizedfile
The probe missed the Moon but achieved a different milestone: it became the first spacecraft to escape Earth's gravity. It showed that an artificial object could leave Earth behind and enter an orbit around the Sun.
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