MOSCOW -- Russia's Luna-9 rocket broadcast television pictures from the moon today. In Britain scientists tuned in on the broadcast and said they got a picture of the Lunar surface that appeared ...

Inside was Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land softly on another world. After coming to rest, the Soviet Union’s lander unfolded four protective “petals” to reveal a camera and took the first picture ...

The Luna 9 mission was launched successfully on January 31, 1966. The spacecraft consisted of a sealed container which held the radio system, programming device, batteries, thermal control system ...