PULL · 7 SEP 1997

This was
your sky.

Luna 9: First Soft Lander

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COSMIC MESSAGE

The Luna 9 spacecraft, pictured here, achieved the first soft landing on another planetary body. This Soviet probe touched down in the Moon's Oceanus Procellarum region on February 3, 1966, after a series of previous failures. This milestone in lunar exploration occurred shortly after the death of Sergei Korolev, the "father of the Soviet Space Program."

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
VIRGO

In tropical astrology, 7 SEP 1997 falls under Virgo (♍). The sign's window runs from 08-23 through 09-22. Virgo is the largest zodiac constellation, holding the heart of the Virgo galaxy cluster. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 7 SEP 1997.

THE ALMANAC FOR 7 SEP 1997
DAY
Sunday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 27% lit
POSITION
Day 250 of 365