Watch incredible footage of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing on Mars’ Jezero Crater in February 2021. This landing began a mission to explore the Red Planet that still continues today. | NOVA l PBS

In 1966, Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to achieve a successful soft landing on the Moon and transmitted humanity’s first images from the lunar surface. Those photographs proved the ground was solid, shaping the future of lunar exploration. But despite its historic impact, Luna 9’s exact resting place has remained a mystery for nearly 60 years. Now, a new AI system analyzing high-resolution imagery from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter may have identified promising candidate sites. Could