Moon at close quarters

The Soviet Luna 9 achieved the first soft landing on the Moon. Six months later the American Surveyor 1 did the same, taking many more photographs of higher quality. Luna 10 became the first orbital probe around the Moon and the US followed suite, mapping the entire surface of the moon.
 (NASA and Roscosmos) United States, Russia 1966 Moon at close quarters

The Soviet Luna 9 achieved the first soft landing on the Moon. Six months later the American Surveyor 1 did the same, taking many more photographs of higher quality. Luna 10 became the first orbital probe around the Moon and the US followed suite, mapping the entire surface of the moon.