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Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
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Luna programme
Robotic spacecraft missions to the Moon by the Soviet Union (1958–1976)
The Luna programme, occasionally called Lunik by western media, was a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976. The programme accomplished many firsts in space exploration, including first flyby of the Moon, first impact of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lunokhod 1
Soviet lunar rover; first rover to operate on the Moon
Lunokhod 1, also known as Аппарат 8ЕЛ № 203 was the first robotic rover on the Moon and the first to freely move across the surface of an astronomical object beyond the Earth. Sent by the Soviet Union it was part of the robotic rovers Lunokhod program. The Luna 17 spacecraft…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mare Imbrium
Vast lunar mare filling a basin on Earth's Moon
Mare Imbrium is a vast lava plain within the Imbrium Basin on the Moon and is one of the larger craters in the Solar System. The Imbrium Basin formed from the collision of a proto-planet during the Late Heavy Bombardment. Basaltic lava later flooded the giant crater to form the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Moon
Natural satellite orbiting Earth
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It orbits around Earth at an average distance of 384,399 kilometres (238,854 mi); about 30 times Earth's diameter. Its orbital period and its rotation period are synchronized at 29.5 days by Earth's gravity pulling on the Moon. This…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Luna 17
1970 Soviet uncrewed lunar mission
Luna 17 was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 17. It deployed the first robotic rover onto the surface of the Moon.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)