Exploration of the Moon and indeed of human history in general. The first man-made object to reach the Moon was the unmanned Soviet probe Luna 2, which made a hard landing on September 14, 1959, at 21:02:24 Z. The far side of the Moon was first photographed on October 7, 1959, by the Soviet probe Luna 3. Though vague by today's standards, the photos showed that the far side of the Moon almost completely lacked maria. In an effort to compete with these Soviet successes, U.S. President John F. Kennedy proposed the national goal of landing a human on the Moon. Speaking to a
The Moon Maid The Moon Maid The Moon Maid is a fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, belonging to the Lost World sub-gerne. It was written in three parts, Part 1 was begun in June 1922 under the title "The Moon Maid", Part 2 was begun in 1919 under the title "Under the Red Flag", later retitled "The Moon Men", Part 3 was titled "The Red Hawk". As evident from its name, "Under the Red Flag" was originally set in contemporary Soviet Russia, with the Bolsheviks as villains; as this was not popular with the publishers, Burroughs transferred it to a