Soviets nailed first landing on moon
Excerpt from the February 19, 1966 issue of Science News Letter
MOON VIEW A 1966 Soviet Union stamp depicts Luna 9 on the moon’s surface (left) and the first lunar images displayed on television (right).
USSR Post, Matsievsky/Wikimedia Commons
Soviet TV lands on moon —The first spacecraft to land on the moon without demolishing itself in the process did so on Feb.