A Short History of Spacecraft Landings on the Moon — VOA Learning English
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Many years have passed since the first spacecraft landed on the moon in 1966. From then until now, there have been many additional attempts with some succeeding and others failing. Here is a short history of some of these attempts.
First victories
The Soviet Union’s Luna 9 spacecraft was the first to land on the moon. It touched down on the lunar surface in 1966. The landing came after several other Soviet spacecraft either did not reach the moon or crashed on the surface.
The American space agency NASA says Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to carry out a soft landing on the moon. It was also the first to send “photographic data” from the moon’s surface to Earth. Luna 9’s landing proved “the…
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