The Soviets landed unmanned craft on the moon too[1], not to downplay China's success. I would imagine most people tend to think of the Apollo landings and noth

The Soviets landed unmanned craft on the moon too[1], not to downplay China's success. I would imagine most people tend to think of the Apollo landings and nothing else, since getting people there and back in one piece is fairly significant. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing#Unmanned_landings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing#Unmanned_landings