http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1966-006A

Launch Date/Time: 1966-01-31 at 11:45:00 UTC

On-orbit Dry Mass: 1580 kg

Description

The Luna 9 spacecraft was the first spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft
landing and to transmit photographic data to Earth. The automatic lunar
station that achieved the soft landing weighed 99 kg. It was a hermetically
sealed container with radio equipment, a program timing device, heat control
systems, scientific apparatus, power sources, and a television system. The
Luna 9 payload was carried to Earth orbit by an A-2-E vehicle and then
conveyed toward the Moon by a fourth stage rocket that separated itself from
the payload. Flight apparatus separated from the payload shortly before Luna
9 landed. After landing in the Ocean of Storms on February 3, 1966, the four
petals, which formed the spacecraft, opened outward and stabilized the
spacecraft on the lunar surface. Spring-controlled antennas assumed
operating positions, and the television camera rotatable mirror system,
which operated by revolving and tilting, began a photographic survey of the
lunar environment. Seven radio sessions, totaling 8 hours and 5 minutes,
were transmitted as were three series of TV pictures. When assembled, the
photographs provided a panoramic view of the nearby lunar surface. The
pictures included views of nearby rocks and of the horizon 1.4 km away from
the spacecraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_9

http://selena.sai.msu.ru/Home/Spacecrafts/Luna-9/luna-9e.htm

http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Luna/Luna9.htm

http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogMoon.htm