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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Two rival teams — one using machine learning, the other human eyes — race to find the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...

Their findings were presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) 2026, where scientists outlined how detailed terrain analysis helped narrow down potential landing zones.

Humanity’s first successful lunar lander is missing. Sixty years ago the Soviet Luna 9 became the first human-made object to ...

Scientists have spent decades searching for the final resting place of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. Now they’re on the cusp of finding it ...

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