This historic picture was the first close-up photograph of the Moon's surface. It was taken by the Russian Luna 9 shortly before it became the first spacecraft to make a successful soft-landing on the Moon on February 3,1966. The Luna 9 radio signals were received by the Mark 1 radio telescope at Jodrell Bank,near Manchester,England,where this image was produced | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Bank, Jodrell |
Taille de l’image : | 4421 px × 3696 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Property Release : | Non requis |
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