The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwARk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_9" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luna 9">Luna 9</a> becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.<sup about="#mwt78" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_3#cite_note-14" id="mwARs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARw">[14]</span></a></sup>
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