Luna 24

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Luna 24 was a Soviet lunar sample-return mission launched in 1976 that successfully collected and brought back soil from the Moon’s surface.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet space probe
lunar sample-return mission
uncrewed spacecraft
ascentStageFunction returned lunar samples to Earth
belongsTo Luna spacecraft
surface form: Luna series of spacecraft
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
destination Moon
drillCoreDepth about 2 meters
era Cold War
followedBy no subsequent Soviet lunar sample-return mission
isPartOf Luna programme
surface form: Soviet lunar exploration program
landingDateOnMoon 1976-08-18
launchDate 1976-08-09
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome
surface form: Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81
launchVehicle Proton rocket
surface form: Proton-K rocket
launchYear 1976
lunarLandingBody Moon
lunarLandingSite Mare Crisium
missionOutcome success
missionType lunar sample-return
notableAs last Soviet mission to land on the Moon
last lunar sample-return mission of the 20th century
operator Soviet Union
Soviet space program
precededBy Luna 23
program Luna programme
returnCapsuleLandingCountry Soviet Union
returnCapsuleLandingSiteOnEarth Siberia
returnedSampleMass 0.17 kilograms
~170 grams
returnedSamplesTo Earth
returnedSampleType lunar soil
regolith core
sampleReturnDateToEarth 1976-08-22
scientificObjective analyze composition and structure of Mare Crisium regolith
collect subsurface lunar regolith core
spaceAgency Soviet Academy of Sciences
spacecraftBus Luna Ye-8 series
surface form: Ye-8-5M
spacecraftConfiguration descent stage plus ascent stage
spacecraftType lander with ascent stage
status mission completed
targetRegionOnMoon eastern Mare Crisium
usedDrill yes
usedFor lunar geology research
study of lunar regolith layering

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