 The first crewed landing on another celestial body was performed by Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, landing on the Moon.There have been a total of six spacecraft with humans landing on the Moon starting from 1969 to the last human landing in 1972.The first interplanetary flyby was the 1961 Venera 1 flyby of Venus, though the 1962 Mariner 2 was the first flyby of Venus to return data (closest approach 34,773 kilometers).