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The first probe mission to the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, which successfully impacted the lunar surface on September 14, 1959. This marked the first time a man-made object reached the Moon.
The first vehicle driven on the moon by man was the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), also known as the "Moon buggy." It was used during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971 and allowed astronauts to explore the lunar surface in a more efficient manner.
The first man on the moon was Neil Armstrong and he set foot on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.
The spacecraft that took the first man to the moon was the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, named Eagle. It carried astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin to the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. Armstrong famously became the first person to set foot on the moon.
The first man to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong. He stepped onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission.