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Luna 13 (E-6M series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program.The Luna 13 spacecraft was launched toward the Moon from an earth-orbiting platform and accomplished a soft landing on December 24 1966 in the region of Oceanus Procellarum.The petal encasement of the spacecraft was opened antennas were erected and radio transmissions to Earth began four minutes after the landing.