1966 in science.html

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The year 1966 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Astronomy and space exploration

February 3 - The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
March 1 - Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
March 31 - The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first spacecraft to enter orbit around the moon.