Luna 9

Luna 9
	A replica of Luna 9 on display in the Museum of Air and Space Paris, Le Bourget.
Mission type	Lunar lander
Operator	GSMZ Lavochkin
COSPAR ID	1966-006A
SATCAT no.	01954
Mission duration	6 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Ye-6
Manufacturer	GSMZ Lavochkin
Launch mass	1583.7 kg
Landing mass	99 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	31 January 1966, 11:41:37 UTC
Rocket	Molniya-M 8K78M s/n 103-32
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 31/6
End of mission
Last contact	6 February 1966, 22:55 GMT
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Highly elliptical
Perigee altitude	220 km
Apogee altitude	500000 km
Inclination	51.8°
Period	14.96 days
Epoch	31 January 1966
Lunar lander
Landing date	3 February 1966, 18:45:30 GMT
Landing site	7°05′N 64°22′W / 7.08°N 64.37°W or 7°08′N 64°22′W / 7.13°N 64.37°W

Luna 9 (Луна-9), internal designation Ye-6 No.13, was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna programme. On 3 February 1966, the Luna 9 spacecraft became the first spacecraft to achieve a survivable landing on a celestial body and return imagery from its surface.^[5]^[6]^[3]

^ ^a ^b Siddiqi 2018, p. 55.
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^ "Table of Anthropogenic Impacts and Spacecraft on the Moon".
^ "Chandrayaan-2 landing: 40% lunar missions in last 60 years failed, finds Nasa report".
^ Siddiqi, Asif A. (2018). Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (PDF). The NASA history series (second ed.). Washington, D.C.: NASA History Program Office. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9781626830424. LCCN 2017059404. SP2018-4041. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2019.

[FOOTNOTESiddiqi201855-1] Siddiqi 2018, p. 55.

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[nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov-4] "Table of Anthropogenic Impacts and Spacecraft on the Moon".

[5] "Chandrayaan-2 landing: 40% lunar missions in last 60 years failed, finds Nasa report".

[6] Siddiqi, Asif A. (2018). Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (PDF). The NASA history series (second ed.). Washington, D.C.: NASA History Program Office. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9781626830424. LCCN 2017059404. SP2018-4041. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2019.

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