The Soviet Union's uncrewed lunar exploration program, running from 1958 to 1976. It achieved the first flyby of the Moon (Luna 1), the first lunar impact (Luna 2), the first photographs of the Moon's far side (Luna 3), the first soft landing on another world (Luna 9), the first robotic lunar sample return (Luna 16), and deployed the Lunokhod rovers.
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Mission TypeRobotic lunar exploration program 1 Launch DateDate of the Luna 1 launch, the program's first mission and the first successful lunar flyby. OutcomeAchieved a series of space exploration firsts (first lunar flyby, first impact, first far-side photographs, first soft landing, first robotic lunar sample return, first lunar rovers); ended in 1976 with Luna 24. 1 Mission Type
Mission Type (category)Robotic / Uncrewed Mission 1 Connections
Operated By
Additional Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)Luna programme, Wikipedia, lead section (Soviet Union attribution)
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationLuna programme, Mission Types section
Notable achievements include the first Moon flyby (Luna 1), the first impact (Luna 2), the first photos of the far side (Luna 3), the first soft landing (Luna 9), and the first robotic sample return (Luna 16).
- Luna programme, lead section
Luna programme, Wikipedia, infobox (Last flight)
Last flight: Luna 24, 9 August 1976
Operated By: Soviet space program, Luna programme, Wikipedia, lead section (Soviet Union attribution)
was a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976
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