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\<COLOUR 1> SPACECRAFT: \<COLOUR 0> Luna 9
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> January 31, 1966
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> A-2e (Molniya)
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 1.5 tonnes
\<COLOUR 1> MISSION: \<COLOUR 0> Lunar landing
\<COLOUR 1> LANDED: \<COLOUR 0> February 3, 1966
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USSR
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> First successful instrument landing on Moon on Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms); probe ejects instrument capsule before impacting; capsule transmits the first close-up pictures of the lunar surface.