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Story summary
- Researchers are closing in on the Luna 9 landing site.
- Two teams propose locations, one within 3 miles of the Soviet coordinates and another about 15 miles away.
- The imprecise coordinates stem from outdated methods of estimating the spacecraft's position.
- Upcoming images from India's Chandrayaan-2 orbiter may help confirm the correct site.
- The search highlights advances in machine learning and other tech that could aid future lunar explorations.
