Using an advanced machine-learning algorithm, researchers in the UK and Japan have identified several promising candidate ...

Scientists may have narrowed down the landing site of the Soviet Union's Luna 9, which in 1966 became the first spacecraft to ...

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

Luna 9 touched down on the Moon on February 3, 1966. Exactly where is still a mystery.

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, sending the first images from the lunar surface to Earth. The Luna ...

Data from a NASA lunar orbiter has helped researchers deduce two potential locations for a defunct Soviet spacecraft called Luna 9 ...

Astronomers believe they may have found the final resting place of Luna 9, the Soviet spacecraft missing since it landed on ...

The Odysseus lunar lander made a successful touchdown near the south pole of the moon Thursday evening, marking the first uncrewed U.S. commercial moon landing and the U.S.' first return to the moon ...

China recently conducted a test of a lunar lander, marking a turning point in the country’s space ambitions. The experiment is a central part of efforts to land astronauts on the moon by the end of ...

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