Luna programme

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Soviet space program lunar exploration program space exploration program

The Luna programme was a series of Soviet robotic space missions in the late 1950s through the 1970s aimed primarily at exploring and studying the Moon.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Luna program	13
Luna programme canonical	7
Soviet lunar exploration program	3
Soviet lunar program	3
Luna series lunar probes	1
Luna-Glob programme	1
Soviet Luna program	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet space program ⓘ lunar exploration program ⓘ space exploration program ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime	1976 ⓘ
focus	lunar geology ⓘ lunar gravity field ⓘ lunar radiation environment ⓘ lunar regolith composition ⓘ lunar surface imaging ⓘ
followedBy	Luna programme self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Luna-Glob programme Lunokhod programme ⓘ
languageOfName	Russian ⓘ
launchVehicleUsed	Molniya-M rocket ⓘ surface form: Molniya rocket Proton rocket ⓘ Vostok-L rocket ⓘ surface form: Vostok rocket family
locationOfLaunch	Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
mainDestination	Moon ⓘ
meaningOfName	Moon in Russian ⓘ
notableAchievement	first human-made object to escape Earth’s gravity ⓘ first human-made object to impact the Moon ⓘ first photographs of the far side of the Moon ⓘ first robotic sample return from the Moon ⓘ first soft landing on the Moon ⓘ first spacecraft to reach the Moon ⓘ
notableMission	Luna 1 ⓘ Luna 10 ⓘ Luna 16 ⓘ Luna 17 ⓘ Luna 2 ⓘ Luna 20 ⓘ Luna 24 ⓘ Luna 3 ⓘ Luna 9 ⓘ
numberOfMissions	24 ⓘ
operator	Soviet space program ⓘ surface form: Soviet space agency Soviet space program ⓘ
partOf	Soviet space program ⓘ surface form: Soviet lunar program
precededBy	early Soviet planetary probe efforts ⓘ
purpose	lunar exploration ⓘ scientific research ⓘ
scientificInstrument	alpha-particle spectrometer ⓘ gamma-ray spectrometer ⓘ magnetometer ⓘ micrometeoroid detector ⓘ radiation detector ⓘ seismometer ⓘ soil sampler ⓘ television camera ⓘ
spacecraftTypeUsed	uncrewed lunar probe ⓘ
startTime	1958 ⓘ