Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to achieve a survivable (at 22 kilometres per hour) landing on a celestial body, and being launched from Earth, the Moon.
The lander mass was 99 kilograms (218 lb) and included a landing bag to survive the impact. Its construction was a hermetically sealed container, inside was a radio, heat control systems, scientific instruments, power sources, and a television system.
The probe sent nine images (including five panoramas) of the surface of the Moon.
Read more at Wikipedia – Luna 9.
Below, the first photo ever taken from the surface of the Moon.
