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Luna 16

Lunar Lander

Luna 16 was an uncrewed 1970 space mission of the Soviet Union Luna program and the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample of lunar soil to Earth. It returned a sample of about 101 grams from Mare Fecunditatis, making it the first successful lunar sample return mission by the Soviet Union and the third lunar sample return mission overall, after the crewed American Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 missions.

Facts
Spacecraft Type
Lunar sample return 2
Launch Date
1970-09-12 3
Status
Status (category)
Mission Complete / Ended 1
Connections

Mission Of

Luna Program, Missions and Programs
Source Luna 16 - Wikipedia

Operated By

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Luna 16 - Wikipedia
Sources
1. Luna 16 (Wikipedia)
It represented the first successful lunar sample return mission by the Soviet UnionView the Source
2. Luna 16 - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, Mission type field
    Mission type: Lunar sample return
  • In Group: Luna Programme Lunar Landers, lead sentence: part of the Soviet Luna program, first robotic sample-return from the Moon
  • Operated By: Soviet space program, Infobox, operator (operator)
  • Part Of: Luna Program, Lead paragraph, part-of
    Luna 16 was an uncrewed 1970 space mission, part of the Soviet Luna program.
  • Mission Of: Luna Program, Lead paragraph, mission-of
    Luna 16 was an uncrewed 1970 space mission, part of the Soviet Luna program.
View the Source
3. Wikidata: Luna 16
Wikidata Q858293, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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