Star commemorating the successful launches of Luna 9 and 10 on and around the moon in 1966 at Cosmonauts Alley in Moscow, Russia

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Luna 9 became the first probe to achieve a soft landing on another planetary body (3rd February 1966). It returned five black and white stereoscopic circular panoramas, which were the first close-up shots of the Lunar surface. Later that year on the 3rd April, Luna 10 became the first artificial satellite of the Moon.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Monument To The Conquerors Of Space, Prospekt Mira 111, 129164 Moscow, Russia, Eastern Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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