History of spaceflight of studying the moon.The program ran from 1959 to 1976 and consisted of 15 successful missions, the program achieved many first achievements and collected data on the Moon's chemical composition, gravity, temperature, and radiation. Luna 2 became the first man made object to make contact with the moons surface in September 1959. Luna 3 returned the first photographs of the far side of the moon in October 1959. The Vostok Programme the first Soviet spaceflight project to put the Soviet citizens into low Earth orbit and return them safely. The programme carried out six manned spaceflights between 1961 and 1963.
J.W. Luna Counties. In 1987, he joined McWherter's administration as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Personnel. The following year he moved to the Tennessee Department of Health and Environment, where he served as commissioner until 1991, when a reorganization created the Department of Environment and Conservation and he became the first Commissioner of the new department, serving until McWherter left office in 1995. Luna is now in the private practice of law in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in governmental regulatory and environmental law. J.W. Luna Jones Wilson Luna, known as J.W. Luna, is an American lawyer who served successively under Tennessee Governor