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Encyclopedia > Lunokhod program

Lunokhod (Russian for "Moon walker") 1 and 2 were a pair of unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union. They were in operation conterminously with the Zond series of flyby missions. The Lunokhod missions were primarily designed to explore the surface and return pictures. This complimented the Luna series of missions that were intended to be sample return missions and orbiters. They were designed by NPO Lavochkin.

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Lunokhod 1 is the first of two unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of its Lunokhod program.
Lunokhod was equipped with a cone-shaped antenna, a highly directional helical antenna[?], four television cameras[?], and special extendable devices to impact the lunar soil for soil density and mechanical property tests.
Lunokhod was intended to operate through three lunar days but actually operated for eleven lunar days.
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