Luna Ye-8 series
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The Luna Ye-8 series was a family of Soviet robotic lunar spacecraft designed in the late 1960s and early 1970s for missions such as soft landings, sample returns, and lunar roving.
Observed surface forms (6)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ye-8-5 | 2 |
| Luna Ye-8-5 series | 1 |
| Luna Ye-8-5M series | 1 |
| Luna Ye-8LS series | 1 |
| Ye-8 | 1 |
| Ye-8-5M | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet spacecraft program
ⓘ
series of robotic lunar spacecraft ⓘ |
| carriedPayload |
Lunokhod 1 rover
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lunokhod 2 rover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designedFor |
lunar roving missions
ⓘ
lunar sample return missions ⓘ soft lunar landings ⓘ |
| designPeriod |
early 1970s
ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ |
| era | Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstSuccessfulRoverDelivery | Luna 17 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstSuccessfulSampleReturn | Luna 16 GENERATED ⓘ |
| landerConfiguration |
Ye-8
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ye-8-5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ye-8-5M ⓘ Ye-8LR NERFINISHED ⓘ Ye-8LS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Proton-K rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lavochkin Design Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
lunar rover carrier
ⓘ
robotic lunar lander ⓘ robotic lunar sample return ⓘ uncrewed lunar exploration ⓘ |
| notableSpacecraft |
Luna 15
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luna 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 21 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 23 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 24 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Luna program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDestination | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | chemical propulsion ⓘ |
| roverMission |
Luna 17
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luna 21 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sampleReturnMission |
Luna 16
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luna 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 23 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 24 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyDemonstrated |
automated lunar ascent
ⓘ
automated lunar landing ⓘ automated lunar orbit rendezvous ⓘ |
| usedFor |
remote-controlled rover exploration
ⓘ
returning lunar soil to Earth ⓘ testing lunar surface operations ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Luna Ye-8-5 series
this entity surface form:
Luna Ye-8-5M series
this entity surface form:
Luna Ye-8LS series
this entity surface form:
Ye-8
this entity surface form:
Ye-8-5M
this entity surface form:
Ye-8-5
this entity surface form:
Ye-8-5