Data from a NASA lunar orbiter has helped researchers deduce two potential locations for a defunct Soviet spacecraft called Luna 9 ...
The spacecraft made history, returning the first images from the surface of the Moon. But its whereabouts have become a mystery, and 60 years passed without a sighting.
Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...
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 is. But the search is oddly compelling.
Researchers spot Luna 9 on Moon as AI and manual sleuthing converge Ai narrows the hunt for Luna 9 as Zelenyikots hand-traced ...
Scientists are using artificial intelligence and NASA images to solve a long-standing space mystery. They may have identified the landing site of Luna 9. Luna 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that made the ...
A self-capatured image of Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft in space. Credit: Roscosmos HELSINKI — Russia’s Luna-25 mission ended in failure after crashing into the moon, space agency Roscosmos has ...
Russia’s space agency successfully launched a robotic spacecraft Thursday on a journey to the Moon, the country’s first lunar explorer since the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 sample return mission in 1976.