Editing Luna 9 (section)

{{short description|1966 uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna programme}}
{{use British English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox spaceflight

| name                  = Luna 9
| image                 = Luna 9 Musee du Bourget P1010505.JPG
| image_caption         = A replica of Luna 9 on display in the Museum of Air and Space Paris, Le Bourget.

| mission_type          = Lunar lander
| operator              = Soviet space program
| COSPAR_ID             = 1966-006A 
| SATCAT                = 01954
| mission_duration      = 6 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes

| spacecraft_type       = [[Ye-6]]
| manufacturer          = [[Lavochkin|GSMZ Lavochkin]]
| dry_mass              = 
| launch_mass           = 1583.7&nbsp;kg{{sfn|Siddiqi|2018|p=55}}
| landing_mass          = 99&nbsp;kg
| dimensions            = 
| power                 =

| launch_date           = 31 January 1966, 11:41:37 UTC{{sfn|Siddiqi|2018|p=55}}
| launch_rocket         = [[Molniya M|Molniya-M 8K78M s/n 103-32]]
| launch_site           = [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
| last_contact          = 6 February 1966, 22:55 GMT

| orbit_epoch           = 31 January 1966
| orbit_reference       = [[geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]<ref name="satcat"/>
| orbit_regime          = [[Highly elliptical orbit|Highly elliptical]]
| orbit_periapsis       = 220&nbsp;km
| orbit_apoapsis        = 500000 km
| orbit_inclination     = 51.8°
| orbit_period          = 14.96 days
| apsis                 = gee

|interplanetary         = 
 {{Infobox spaceflight/IP
   |type                = lander
   |object              = [[Moon|Lunar]]
   |arrival_date        = 3 February 1966, 18:45:30 GMT 
   |location            = {{Lunar coords and quad cat|7.08|N|64.37|W}}<ref name="NSSDC1966-006A"/> or {{Lunar coords and quad cat|7.13|N|64.37|W}}<ref name="nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov">{{Cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/lunar_artifact_impacts.html|title = Table of Anthropogenic Impacts and Spacecraft on the Moon}}</ref>
 }}

| programme          = '''[[Luna programme]]'''
| previous_mission   = [[Luna 8]]
| next_mission       = [[Kosmos 111]]
}}

'''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 soft landing on the [[Moon]] and return imagery from its surface.<ref name="NSSDC1966-006A"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Reichl |first1=Eugen |title=The Soviet Space Program The Lunar Years: 1959-1976 |date=2019 |isbn=978-0-7643-5675-9 |pages=86-87 |url=https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0764356755 |access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref>