Exploration of the Moon that a lunar lander would not sink into a thick layer of dust, as had been feared. The first artificial satellite of the Moon was the Soviet probe Luna 10, launched March 31, 1966. On December 24, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8, Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders, became the first human beings to enter lunar orbit and see the far side of the Moon in person. Humans first landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969. The first human to walk on the lunar surface was Neil Armstrong, commander of the U.S. mission Apollo 11. The first
Tintin on the Moon Tintin on the Moon Tintin on the Moon is a video game loosely based on the "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon" comic books from "The Adventures of Tintin", the series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It is a first person shoot 'em up/side scroller and the first "Tintin" video game. This video game was originally made by Infogrames for various home platforms in 1987 and was converted to MS-DOS by Probe Entertainment in 1989. The game's storyline is based loosely on the plot of the "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon" comics from the series. The object of