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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton
Luna 9?
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You are correct, Luna 9 built and operated by the USSR is correct, but the first image was NOT first released to the general public by the Soviets.
The first photo from the surface of the moon was intercepted by the Jodrell Bank observatory in England. They published the photo the next day in a local paper called the Calgary Herald beating the Soviets to the punch.