Luna 13, a Soviet spacecraft, was launched to the moon December 21, 1966. It became the third spacecraft to successfully land on the moon. The first was Luna 9 in February 1966. The second was NASA's Surveyor 1 in May 1966.
It landed on December 24 in the Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum) between the Krafft and Seleucus craters. Luna 13 took 5 panorama pictures, each taking 100 minutes to transmit.
Contact was lost December 28 when the batteries were depleted.
