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Encyclopedia > Luna 1969B

Luna 1969B was the first Soviet attempt at an unmanned lunar sample return. It was probably similar in design to the later successful Luna 16 mission. It was launched, on a Proton rocket, on April 15, 1969. The launch failed for unknown reasons. Bulk silicate composition (estimated wt%) SiO2 44. ... Luna 16 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 16. ... The Proton (Прото́н) rocket (formal designation: UR-500, also known as D-1/ D-1e or SL-12/SL-13) is a Russian unmanned space vehicle design, first launched in 1965. ...

Preceded by:
Luna 1969A
Luna programme Succeeded by:
Luna 1969C


Lunakhod Luna 1969A (Ye-8 series) was the first attempt to land a Lunokhod rover on the Moon. ... The Luna programme (occasionally called Lunik) was a series of unmanned space missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976. ...

 

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Luna programme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (628 words)
The Luna programme was a series of unmanned space missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976.
Luna 1 missed its intended impact with the Moon and became the first spacecraft to fall into orbit around the Sun.
Luna 3 rounded the Moon later that year, and returned the first photographs of its far side, which can never be seen from Earth.
Planetary Society: History of Moon Missions (3825 words)
Luna 13 bounced to a landing on the lunar surface on Dec. 24, 1966, coming to a rest in the Oceans of Storms between the craters Selencus and Craft.
Luna 17 softlanded on the Moon in the Sea of Rains on November 15, 1970.
Luna 24 softlanded in the Sea of Crises on Aug. 18, 1976.
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