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Select the best answer to the following question. Which of the following spacecrafts would be classified as a soft-lander? You are correct! The answer is B. A soft lander is a craft designed to “settle” onto the surface, instead of crashing into it, as the early Luna and the Ranger Program flights did. Launched on January 31, 1966 Luna 9 was the first successful lunar soft landing. The correct answer is B. A soft lander is a craft designed to “settle” onto the surface, instead of crashing into it, as the early Luna and the Ranger Program flights did. Launched on January 31, 1966 Luna 9 was the first successful lunar soft landing. |
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