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Mission
Kind: Lunar lander
State: Successful
Place: Moon
Operator: GSMZ Lavochkin
Date
Start:
Duration: 6 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes
Mission Ending
Last Contact: 6 February 1966, 22:55 GMT
Rocket
Rocket: Molniya-M 8K78M s/n 103-32
Kind: GSMZ Lavochkin
Manufacturer: GSMZ Lavochkin
Mass: 1580 kg
Launch Site: Baikonur, Site 31/6
Flyby
"Requesting permission for flyby." Maverick - Top Gun
Orbit
Reference System: Geocentric
Lander
Place: Lunar
Region: 7°05′N 64°22′W / 7.08°N 64.37°W / 7.08, -64.37
Date: 3 February 1966, 18:45:30 GMT
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 the celestial body.
