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The first soft landing on the moon in January 1966 by Luna 9 was like that: https://www.russianspaceweb.com/luna9.html https://www.russianspaceweb.com/luna9.htm
by m4rtink 2y ago
The first soft landing on the moon in January 1966 by Luna 9 was like that: https://www.russianspaceweb.com/luna9.html https://www.russianspaceweb.com/luna9.html (has a picture of the landing profile)
With the landing probe encased in airbags ejecting from the main body a couple meter above ground. The probe the rolled for a bit, once it stopped it then opened up and started doing science.