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1966
Lunik 9 soft-lands on lunar surface
On February 3, 1966, the Soviet Union accomplishes the first
controlled landing on the moon, when the unmanned spacecraft
Lunik 9 touches down on the Ocean of Storms. After its soft
landing, the circular capsule opened like a flower, deploying its
antennas, and began transmitting photographs and television
images back to Earth. The 220-pound landing capsule was launched
from Earth on January 31.
Lunik 9 was the third major lunar first for the Soviet space
program: On September 14, 1959, Lunik 2 became the first manmade
object to reach the moon when it impacted with the lunar surface,
and on October 7 of the same year Lunik 3 flew around the moon
and transmitted back to Earth the first images of the dark side
of the moon. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the U.S. space
program consistently trailed the Soviet program in space firsts-a
pattern that shifted dramatically with the triumph of America's
Apollo lunar program in the late 1960s.
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