Luna programme

Robotic spacecraft missions to the Moon by the Soviet Union

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November 29 2018
Luna 16
Luna 16 lunar soil samples are resold at Sotheby's auction for US$855,000.

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See Also

Apollo 11

First crewed Moon landing

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut and lunar explorer

Mare Imbrium

Vast lunar mare filling a basin on Earth's Moon