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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.

Scientists may have spotted a long–lost Soviet Union Lander, more than 60 years after it vanished on the surface of the moon. On February 3, 1966, the uncrewed Luna 9 lander became the first craft to ...

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Shoot for the Moon: inside the US and China’s rocky race to the lunar south pole - With NASA’s first manned trip to the ...

Four uncrewed lunar lander missions are set for 2026, paving the way for NASA's Artemis program to return humans to the moon.