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Originally Posted by crockett
Gotta love the Russian line of thinking... Plant a flag on the ocean floor and it's theirs..
lol I guess that means the US owns the moon..
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As far as I know, Russian automatic module has landed Moon
before the USA
Launch Date: Jan. 31, 1966
Spacecraft development name: E-6 No. 13/202
Official name: Luna-9
Mission goal: Lunar landing
Launcher/serial number: 8K87M/U103-32
Comments: World's first soft Moon landing
Whoops, surprise!