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The Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 made the first ever soft landing on the lunar surface at the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum. The soft landing was elaborated over the course of several spacecraft launches. The soft landing of Luna 9 and its transmission of unique panoramic images of the lunar microrelief opened a new epoch in the study of the cosmos. The first topographic scheme for parts of the lunar surface using the data from Luna 9 was compiled at MIIGAiK in 1966. The schematic map of the landing area was constructed at 1:40 scale. In 1966, the Map of the Moon: equatorial zone of the nearside was compiled at GAISh and TsNIIGAiK in Mercator cylindrical projection at 1:1,000,000 scale for the region ±8° in latitude and ±70° in longitude. A photomap of the lunar nearside at 1:5,000,000 scale was compiled in 1967. Taking this map as a basis, in 2014 we produced a modern version at 1:8,000,000 scale, marking all the landing sites for both unmanned and manned spacecrafts. Lunokhod 1 was the first ever planetary rover. It operated on the surface of the Moon for 10.5 months (11 lunar days). A topographic plan, originally compiled at 1:200 scale, of a part of the route has the system of symbols developed in IKI. The DEM and orthoimage were used to map the Lunokhod 1’s complete traverse in 2012 in MIIGAiK. The IAU approved the naming of small craters along the route taken by Lunokhod 1 with the first names of members of the team controlling the lunokhod.
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Shevchenko, V., Rodionova, Z., Michael, G. (2016). Cartography of the Lunar Nearside. In: Lunar and Planetary Cartography in Russia. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 425. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21039-1_3
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