Benefits of space exploration earth and space have increased. The list of missions to the moon begin as early as 1958 and continued into the current age. A few successful lunar missions, by the USSR, include missions such as, the Luna 1 space craft that completed the first flyby of the moon in 1959, the Luna 3 lunar probe that took the first pictures of the far side of the moon in 1959, the Luna 10 orbiter that was the first orbiter of the moon in 1966, and the Lunokhod 1 lunar rover in 1970, which was the first rover that explored the surface
1959 News of the World Snooker Plus Tournament matches were played in Burroughes Hall, London. Joe Davis made the first century break, 108, on the opening day of the tournament. Joe Davis made sure of victory by beating John Pulman in the penultimate match. Fred Davis lost the last match 13–12 but he had needed to win only 11 frames to finish in second place ahead of Pulman. Table The positions were determined firstly by the number of matches won (MW) and, in the event of a tie, the number of frames won (FW). 1959 News of the World Snooker Plus Tournament The 1959 News of the World