Russia's first lunar lander mission in 47 years ended in failure when Luna-25 crashed into the moon. Credit: Space.com | ...

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

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

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.

Researchers spot Luna 9 on Moon as AI and manual sleuthing converge Ai narrows the hunt for Luna 9 as Zelenyikots hand-traced ...

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

The lander became the first spacecraft to send back pictures of the Moon, three years before Apollo 11. The post Scientists Spot Signs of Derelict Soviet Moon Lander on Lunar Surface appeared first on ...

Humanity’s first successful lunar lander is missing. Sixty years ago the Soviet Luna 9 became the first human-made object to achieve a soft landing on the moon—or, for that matter, any celestial body.