Moon landing the only country to have successfully conducted manned missions to the Moon, with the last departing the lunar surface in December 1972. After the unsuccessful attempt by the Luna 1 to land on the Moon in 1959, the Soviet Union performed the first hard (unpowered) Moon landing later that same year with the Luna 2 spacecraft, a feat the U.S. duplicated in 1962 with Ranger 4. Since then, twelve Soviet and U.S. spacecraft have used braking rockets to make soft landings and perform scientific operations on the lunar surface, between 1966 and 1976. In 1966 the USSR accomplished the first
1975–76 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup all results count. This was the first ever Combined World Cup. The Women's Overall World Cup 1975/76 was divided into two periods. From the first 14 races the best 8 results count and from the last 12 races the best 6 results count. Four racers had a point deduction. In Women's Downhill World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Two racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). In Women's Slalom World Cup 1975/76