History Today: When Luna 9 became first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon
February 3, 1950, is remembered as the day the Soviet Union’s Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on ...
A moon-bound spacecraft snaps footage of Earth eclipsing the sun
The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace for NASA, launched to space on Jan. 15, and ...
The Daily Telegraph1mon
Site of first moon landing placed on list of endangered heritage list
World Monuments Fund wants to protect heritage and artefacts left by American and Soviet space missions The site of the first Moon landing has been added to a list of endangered heritage sites ...
Space on MSN11d
A red moon: Will the next 'Sputnik Moment' be made in China?
Why being first to return to the moon matters.
PBS2y
The Soviet Lunar Program & the Space Race
He recalled the Soviet reaction to the moon race: "Our people were convinced ... Although a lunar landing was far out of reach, the cosmonauts were ready to fly to the moon and back, a voyage ...
Hosted on MSN11mon
Here's a look at moon landing hits and misses
Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and ... A rundown on the moon's winners and losers: The Soviet Union's Luna 9 successfully touched down on the moon in 1966, after ...