Back 1959 йылда йыһанға осороуҙар исемлеге Bashkir Списък на космическите стартове през 1959 година Bulgarian 1959 en els vols espacials Catalan Liste der orbitalen Raketenstarts (1959) German 1959 en astronautique French 1959 באסטרונאוטיקה HE 1959年の宇宙飛行 Japanese 1959 йисуз космосдиз ахъаюнрин сиягь LEZ 1959. gads kosmonautikā Latvian/Lettish 1959 w lotach kosmicznych Polish
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 2 January |
| Last | 26 November |
| Total | 23 |
| Successes | 10 |
| Failures | 11 |
| Partial failures | 2 |
| Catalogued | 14 |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Thor-Agena Atlas-Able Atlas D (suborbital test) |
| Retirements | Vanguard |
Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to leave the gravitational influence of Earth. Also in 1959, Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another celestial body, impacting the Moon, and Luna 3 returned the first images of the far side of the Moon.
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