Luna 9 Ye-6M lunar lander spacecraft family
Luna 9 was the Soviet Union’s 1966 lunar lander and the first spacecraft to achieve a survivable landing on the Moon. It returned the first photographs from another planetary surface and showed that a lander would not sink into lunar dust.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Luna 9Lunik 9Ye-6M No. 202Luna E-6M
- Family Name
- Luna 9
- Full Name
- Luna 9 Ye-6M lunar lander spacecraft family
- Roles
- interplanetary_probelanderresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Luna 9 was the Soviet Union’s 1966 lunar lander and the first spacecraft to achieve a survivable landing on the Moon. It returned the first photographs from another planetary surface and showed that a lander would not sink into lunar dust.
- First Flight Year
- 1,966
- Last Flight Year
- 1,966
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 07:55:12 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 07:55:12 UTC