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On this date: USSR launches Luna 1 probe to moon
On this date, Jan. 2, 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 1. The probe would pass within 3,725.5 miles of the moon but did not hit the natural satellite due to a failure in the launch vehicle ...
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Blue Origin spacecraft successfully simulates moon’s gravity: See video of launch
Video of the uncrewed launch, which Blue Origin livestreamed ... The gravitational pull of the lunar surface is about 1/6 that of Earth's, meaning a person who weighs about 100 pounds would ...