India has recently landed its Moon Impact Probe on the Moon. Among the following countries, which one landed such probe on the Moon earlier?

1. India recently landed its Moon Impact Probe (MIP) as part of the Chandrayaan-1 mission in November 2008. 2. The question asks which country landed such probe on the Moon earlier. 3. Probes impacting the Moon (hard landing or intentional impact) had been done previously by: - Soviet Union (Luna 2 - first ever in 1959) - United States (Ranger series, Surveyor series - some impacted, some soft-landed) - Japan (Hiten orbiter released a small probe that impacted in 1993; SELENE/Kaguya orbiter deployed small sub-satellites and the main orbiter impacted in June 2009, but Hiten's probe impact was much earlier). - European Space Agency (SMART-1 orbiter impacted in 2006). 4. Among the options given (Australia, Canada, China, Japan), Japan had achieved a Moon impact with a probe (probe from Hiten) earlier than India's MIP in 2008. China's first Moon landing (Chang'e 3) was later, in 2013.