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A Soviet lunar rover that went silent in 1971 was rediscovered in 2010, and its laser reflector still bounced signals back to Earth perfectly. The discovery proved that some technology, built right the first time, can survive decades in the harshest conditions imaginable.
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 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.