Luna 9
Luna 9 was the Soviet Union’s successful Ye-6M lunar-landing mission. The spacecraft reached Oceanus Procellarum on February 3, 1966, demonstrated that a surface station would not sink into deep dust, and returned the first images from the surface of another planetary body.
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- Luna-9Ye-6M No. 202 mission1966-006A
- Name
- Luna 9
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Luna 9 was the Soviet Union’s successful Ye-6M lunar-landing mission. The spacecraft reached Oceanus Procellarum on February 3, 1966, demonstrated that a surface station would not sink into deep dust, and returned the first images from the surface of another planetary body.
- Destination
- Soft lunar landing in Oceanus Procellarum; first survivable landing on another celestial body and first surface images
- End Date
- 1966-02-06
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- Outcome
- Successful first survivable lunar landing and first transmission of images from another planetary body’s surface.
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- Start Date
- 1966-01-31
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 12:59:48 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 21, 2026 at 16:11:07 UTC
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