{
  "id": 9251120,
  "title": "Luna 2: touched by humans, touches the moon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/luna-2-touched-by-humans-touches-the-moon",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-23T01:59:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/luna-2-touched-by-humans-touches-the-moon/article71423036.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On September 14, 1959, an object touched by humans struck the surface of the moon. That object, retroactively renamed Luna 2, was the first-ever human-made object from Earth that had reached another cosmic body. A.S.Ganesh takes stock of the mission that made it happen and how the news of its success was received world over…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}