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Scientists are finally closing in on Luna 9, the Soviet spacecraft that made history as the first object to safely land on the moon in 1966. Two research teams, including one using AI trained on Apollo landing sites, may have pinpointed where the beach ball-sized probe has been hiding for six decades.
Scientists are closing in on Luna 9, the first spacecraft to softly land on the Moon in 1966, using AI and crowdsourced detective work. India's space agency will settle the debate in March with high-resolution photos.
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After six decades lost in space history, two teams believe they've located Luna 9, the spacecraft that took the first photos from the moon's surface in 1966. New imaging technology could confirm the discovery as soon as March.
Scientists may have finally found Luna 9, the first spacecraft to safely land on the Moon in 1966, using artificial intelligence to scan thousands of lunar images. The discovery could help preserve space exploration history and proves AI can spot tiny artifacts from orbit.
Nearly six decades after the Soviet Union's Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to safely land on the moon, two research teams believe they've finally pinpointed its location. The tiny beach-ball-sized robot took the first photo ever captured from another world's surface in 1966, but its exact resting place has remained a mystery until now.