The first space probe, known as Luna 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1959. It was designed to study the Moon and interplanetary space.
The first planet to be explored by a space probe was Venus. The Soviet Union's Venera 1 probe was the first spacecraft to fly by Venus in 1961, followed by the Venera 2 and Venera 3 missions in 1965.
The first U.S. space probe was named Explorer 1. It was launched on January 31, 1958, and discovered the Van Allen radiation belt.
The first space probe was called Luna 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1959. It was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon, though it did not achieve a lunar orbit.
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The first space probe to fly past the Moon was the Soviet Luna 1 spacecraft in 1959. Luna 1 was intended to impact the Moon, but instead, it missed the Moon and became the first human-made object to enter orbit around the Sun.
The first space probe was the satellite Sputnik I launched in 1957.
The Russians invented the space probe and launched it into space on october 4, 1957.
Venus was the first planet on which a space probe landed.
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nobody really know's when the first space probe was created. But it was launched on october 4 1957
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The first planet to be explored by a space probe was Venus. The Soviet Union's Venera 1 probe was the first spacecraft to fly by Venus in 1961, followed by the Venera 2 and Venera 3 missions in 1965.
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1957 by the russians
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