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RE: Luna 9 mission

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On February 3, 1966 the Luna 9 spacecraft was the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the moon

LUNA-9, The first spacecraft landing on the moon, Feb. 3, 1966

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Luna 9 (E-6 series), was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna program. On February 3, 1966 the Luna 9 spacecraft was the first spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit photographic data to Earth.

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