Astronomers close in on long-lost Soviet lunar lander

For a moment, the Soviets even appeared on their way to victory after engineers successfully achieved a soft lunar landing ...

Scientists May Have Spotted the Soviet Union Lander That’s Been Missing for 60 Years

Luna 9 had a bouncy touchdown on the lunar surface in 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.
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Nov. 19, 1969: Apollo 12 lands on the Moon

Five days after their Nov. 14, 1969, launch amid stormy skies, Apollo 12's Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed on the Moon in Oceanus Procellarum (the Ocean of Storms). Part of Apollo 12's mission was to ...