Yes most certainly, Luna 2 the frst physical contact with the Moon by a man made craft, Luna 3 the frst to see the Lunar Farside, Luna 9 the first to return imagery of the lunar landscape in Oceanus Procellerum.
I thinks what is heppening now is pretty exciting, two rovers on Mars, craft on route to Mercury, giant asteroids 1 Ceres & 4 Vesta, KBO Pluto / Charon, Cassini at Saturn, Phoenix in the arctic on Mars last year, LRO around the Moon, LCROSS to impact the Moon, MRO, MO & Mars Express around Mars, Venus Express at Venus, anticipated returns to Mars, Jupiter & Saturn, we.ve had the Vikings, Mars Pathfinder, Voyagers, Galileo, Deep Space 1 , Stadust, Kaguya / Selene, I do not think it's been too bad or unexciting really, & right now we have a very good planetary exploration program in operation.
Of course we always would like more, but then what is happening right now is pretty good.
Andrew Brown.