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On Feb 3rd 1966, the Soviet spaceship
Luna 9
made a controlled landing on the surface of the moon,
making it the first probe from Earth to have a successful soft
landing on another planetary body. It only functioned for
a few days, but managed to send back a number of photographs
and other useful data.
This is the first photo ever taken on the surface of the moon:
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