October 29th, 1968:
Soyuz 4 crew Vladimir Shatalov and Aleksei Yeliseyev, become the first people to fly by the Moon.
The mission will end in tragedy. The service module fails to separate prior to re-entry, causing the craft to tumble and burn up.
June 22nd, 1969:
Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan become the first two men to walk on the Moon. 39 hours later, with the two still on the surface, Alexei Leonov would become the third.