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Luna 9
 

   

Luna 9 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.
The lander had a mass of 99 kilograms.
It used a landing bag to survive the impact speed of 22 kilometres per hour.
It was a hermetically sealed container with radio equipment, a program timing device,
heat control systems, scientific apparatus, power sources, and a television system.