Luna programme Luna programme Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and the first of the Luna programme of Soviet automatic interplanetary stations successfully launched in the direction of the Moon. While passing through the outer Van Allen radiation belt, the spacecraft's scintillator made measurements indicating that there are very few high energy particles in the outer belt. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 1"
Luna 10 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 10. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 10"
Luna 11 was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna program. It is also called Lunik 11. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 11"
Luna 12 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 12. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 12"
Luna 13 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 13. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 13"
Luna 14 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program run by the Soviet Union. It was also called Lunik 14. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 14"
Luna 15 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 15. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 15"
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Luna 16 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 16. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 16"
Luna 17 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 17. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 17"
Luna 18 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 18. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 18"
Luna 19 (a.k.a. Lunik 19), was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program. Luna 19 extended the systematic study of lunar gravitational fields and location of mascons (mass concentrations). It also studied the lunar radiation environment, the gamma-active lunar surface, and the solar wind. Photographic coverage via a television system was also obtained. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 19"
Luna 1975A was a Soviet unmanned space mission, part of the Luna program, and similar to the later Luna 24 mission which successfully collected and returned to Earth a sample of lunar material. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 1975A"
Luna 2 was the second of the Soviet Union's Luna program spacecraft launched in the direction of the Moon. The first spacecraft to land on the Moon, it impacted the lunar surface east of Mare Serenitatis near the Aristides, Archimedes, and Autolycus craters. Luna 2 was similar in design to Luna 1, a spherical spacecraft with protruding antennae and instrument parts. The instrumentation was also similar, including scintillation counters, geiger counters, a magnetometer, Cherenkov detectors, and micrometeorite detectors. There were no propulsion systems on Luna 2 itself. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 2"
Luna 20 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 20. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 20"
Luna 21 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 21. The Luna 21 spacecraft landed on the Moon and deployed the second Soviet lunar rover ( Lunokhod 2). The primary objectives of the mission were to collect images of the lunar surface, examine ambient light levels to determine the feasibility of astronomical observations from the Moon, perform laser ranging experiments from Earth, observe solar X-rays, measure local magnetic fields, and study mechanical properties of the lunar surface material. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 21"
Luna 22 was an unmanned space mission, part of the Soviet Luna program, also called Lunik 22. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 22"
Luna 23 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunnik 23. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 23"
Luna 24 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunnik 24. The last of the Luna series of spacecraft, the mission of the Luna 24 probe was the third Soviet mission to retrieve lunar soil samples (the first two missions returning samples were Luna 16 and Luna 20). ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 24"
Luna 3, an automatic interplanetary station of the Luna program, was the third spacecraft successfully launched to the Moon and the first to return images of the lunar far side. The spacecraft returned very indistinct pictures, but, through computer enhancement, a tentative atlas of the lunar farside was produced. These first views of the lunar far side showed mountainous terrain, very different from the near side, and only two dark regions which were named Mare Moscovrae (Sea of Moscow) and Mare Desiderii (Sea of Dreams). Mare Desiderii was later found to be composed of a smaller mare, Mare Ingenii (Sea of Ingenuity), and other dark craters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 3"
Luna 4 was the USSR's first successful spacecraft of their "second generation" Luna program. The spacecraft, rather than being sent on a straight trajectory toward the Moon, was placed first in a low Earth orbit (167 to 182 km altitude) and then the rocket stage reignited to send it on a curving path towards the Moon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 4"
Luna 5 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 5. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 5"
Luna 6 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 6. Luna 6 was intended to travel to the Moon, but, because a midcourse correction failed, it missed the Moon by 159,612.8 km. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 6"
Luna 7 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 7. The Luna 7 spacecraft was intended to achieve a soft landing on the Moon. However, due to premature retrofire and cutoff of the retrorockets, the spacecraft impacted the lunar surface in Oceanus Procellarum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 7"
Luna 8 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 8. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 8"
Luna 9 was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna program. On February 3, 1966 the Luna 9 spacecraft was the first spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit photographic data to Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luna 9" Please visit again www.shortopedia.com
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