Luna 9 touches down on the Moon.
The unmanned Soviet spacecraft was the first to achieve a soft landing there.
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The Soviet Union launched the first crewed Soyuz mission, Soyuz 1.
The Indian Space Research Organization's Vikram Moon lander crash-landed on the moon.
North Korea launched the infamous Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite.
The Stardust space probe collected a sample of comet dust.
Apollo 13 was launched successfully but ran into difficulties two days later.
