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Scientists say they may have found a long-lost lunar lander—the first to successfully touch down on the moon 60 years ago
On February 3, 1966, a Soviet spacecraft called Luna 9 showed the world it was possible to land on the moon. It neared the ...
Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, sending the first images from the lunar surface to Earth. The Luna ...
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NASA's lunar orbiter may have spotted long-lost Luna 9 spacecraft, 60 years after it vanished
Astronomers believe they may have found the final resting place of Luna 9, the Soviet spacecraft missing since it landed on ...
Luna 9 had a bouncy touchdown on the lunar surface in 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.
For a moment, the Soviets even appeared on their way to victory after engineers successfully achieved a soft lunar landing ...
Humanity’s first successful lunar lander is missing. Sixty years ago the Soviet Luna 9 became the first human-made object to ...
Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...
Only one of these patches of lunar plain can be Luna 9’s actual landing site – and there’s no guarantee that either of them is. But the search is oddly compelling.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Or, in this case, $504 million. At least, that’s what it cost to build the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), NASA’s robotic spacecraft that is currently orbiting ...
Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This model of the Lunar Orbiter was ...
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