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 ...

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

Scientists are using artificial intelligence and NASA images to solve a long-standing space mystery. They may have identified ...

The Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft touched down in 1966 and transmitted photographs from another world. A historic moment when ...

Luna 9 had a bouncy touchdown on the lunar surface in 1966, becoming the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.

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

Humanity’s first successful lunar lander is missing. Sixty years ago the Soviet Luna 9 became the first human-made object to ...

The spacecraft made history, returning the first images from the surface of the Moon. But its whereabouts have become a ...

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

While the findings are promising, they are not yet definitive proof of Luna 9's location.

Using an advanced machine-learning algorithm, researchers in the UK and Japan have identified several promising candidate locations for the long-lost landing site of the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft.

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. In 1966, the main spacecraft ejected a 99-kg lander module that used a landing bag to survive impact. The problem is, given the technology ...