Cold War (1953–1962) human on the moon. The first of the Lunar missions was Luna 1, which launched on January 2, 1959. Its successful mission established the first rocket engine restart within Earth orbit and the first man-made object to establish heliocentric orbit. Luna 2, which launched on September 14, 1959, established the first impact into another celestial body (the moon). Finally, Luna 3 launched on October 7, 1959 and took the first pictures of the dark side of the moon. After these three missions in 1953, the Soviets continued their exploration of the moon and its environment in 21 other Luna missions.
First Man into Space interesting enough to keep the viewer's interest throughout, with some of the suspense scenes being quite effective. First Man into Space First Man into Space (working title: Satellite of Blood) is an independently made 1959 British black-and-white science fiction horror film from Amalgamated Films, directed by Robert Day and produced by John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter and Richard Gordon. The film was based on a story by Wyott Ordung. "First Man into Space" starred Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards and Robert Ayres, and was distributed by MGM. The plot was developed from a script that had been pitched to