Luna 9

Mission overview

Luna 9 achieved the first soft landing on the Moon and returned the first images from the lunar surface.

Outcome & discoveries

First soft landing on another world and first surface images of the Moon.

Mission profile

Knowledge connections

• Operated byRoscosmos
• Part of programLuna program
• Launched fromBaikonur Cosmodrome
• Mission targetThe Moon
• Associated withLuna 9 Makes the First Soft Landing on the Moon

Related missions

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• RoscosmosState Space Corporation Roscosmos

  Russian crewed and robotic spaceflight history and programs.