Luna 2
... that the Soviet probe Luna 2, the first human-made object to make contact with the Moon, began a trend of crash landing missions that continued even after soft landings were mastered?
... that the Soviet probe <i id="mwAdc"><b id="mwAdg"><a href="./Luna_2" id="mwAdk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luna 2">Luna 2</a></b></i>, the first human-made object to make contact with the Moon, began a trend of <a href="./Lander_(spacecraft)#Impactors" id="mwAdo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lander (spacecraft)">crash landing</a> missions that continued even after <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Soft_landing_(aeronautics)" id="mwAds" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soft landing (aeronautics)">soft landings</a> were mastered?<!--Special occasion hook for July 21-->