Moon by the Soviet Union's Luna 2, an unmanned spacecraft. The United States' NASA Apollo program achieved the only manned lunar missions to date, beginning with the first manned orbital mission by Apollo 8 in 1968, and six manned landings between 1969 and 1972, with the first being Apollo 11. These missions returned lunar rocks which have been used to develop a geological understanding of the Moon's origin, internal structure, and the Moon's later history. Since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, the Moon has been visited only by unmanned spacecraft. Both the Moon's natural prominence in the earthly sky and
Talking to the Moon movie soundtrack as a bonus song. An acoustic piano version of "Talking to the Moon" was included on the charity compilation album, "Songs for Japan", released on March 25, 2011. "Talking to the Moon" was featured in the movie "Think Like A Man", released in 2012, where the song was attributed to Mars in the final credits. Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Doo-Wops & Hooligans". Talking to the Moon "Talking to the Moon" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars from his debut studio album, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" (2010). The song was first unveiled on Mars' debut