Luna 9

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

11:41:37

Monday January 31, 1966

Mission Details

Launch Notes

First soft landing on the Moon.

Luna 9

Wiki

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.

Lunar orbit

1 Payload

1,580 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Molniya-M/Block L

Active 1965 to 1975

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Rocket

Height: 44.23m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 6,200 kg

GTO: 2,400 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,391 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.58m

Height: 6.74m

Stages

4

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

Site 31/6

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

47 hr 9 min

Stats

Molniya-M


2nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 1966

RKK Energiya


169th

Mission

4th

Mission of 1966

1966


7th

Orbital launch attempt