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    The Luna programme (from the Russian word Луна "Luna" meaning "Moon"), occasionally called Lunik by western media, was a series of robotic spacecraft missions...
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  • Cluj County Luna de Sus, Florești, Cluj Luna River Luna, Arkansas Luna, Missouri Luna, Minnesota Luna, New Mexico Luna County, New Mexico Luna Island, in...
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    Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon, E-1 No.7. It was the first spacecraft...
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    heliocentric orbit. Intended as a Moon impactor, Luna 1 was launched as part of the Soviet Luna programme in 1959. A malfunction in the ground-based control...
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    Luna 15 was a robotic space mission of the Soviet Luna programme, that was in lunar orbit together with the Apollo 11 Command module Columbia. On 21 July...
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  • Luna 6, or E-6 No.7 (Ye-6 series) was an uncrewed Soviet spacecraft which was intended to perform a landing on the Moon as part of the Luna program. Due...
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    Luna 7 (E-6 or Ye-6 series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Luna program, also called Lunik 7. The Luna 7 spacecraft was intended to achieve...
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    Luna 9 (Луна-9), internal designation Ye-6 No.13, was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna programme. On 3 February 1966, the Luna 9 spacecraft...
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  • Luna 14 (E-6LS series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program run by the Soviet Union. It was also called Lunik 14. The spacecraft is believed...
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  • Luna 5, or E-6 No.10 (Ye-6 series), was an uncrewed Soviet spacecraft intended to land on the Moon as part of the Luna programme. It was intended to become...
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  • Luna 22 (Ye-8-LS series) was an uncrewed space mission, part of the Soviet Luna program, also called Lunik 22. Luna 22 was a lunar orbiter mission. The...
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    Luna 18, part of the Ye-8-5 series, was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program. Luna 18 was placed in an Earth parking orbit after it was launched...
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    the Moon "Luna 8". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2015-06-05. Spaceflight portal Zarya - Luna programme chronology...
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    Luna 23 was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program developed by the Soviet Union. Luna 23 was a Soviet Moon lander mission which was intended to...
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    Luna 24 was a robotic probe of the Soviet Union's Luna programme. The 24th mission of the Luna series of spacecraft, the mission of the Luna 24 probe was...
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  • Generation" Luna programme was less successful, Luna 4, Luna 5, Luna 6, Luna 7, and Luna 8 were all met with mission failures. However, in 1966 Luna 9 achieved...
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    Initially called the Luna-Glob lander (Russian: Луна-Глоб), it was renamed Luna 25 to emphasize continuity with the Soviet Luna programme from the 1970s, though...
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    Luna 21 (Ye-8 series) was an uncrewed space mission, and its spacecraft, of the Luna program, also called Lunik 21, in 1973. The spacecraft landed on the...
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    Luna 17 (Ye-8 series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 17. It deployed the first robotic rover onto the surface of...
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    Luna 16 was an uncrewed 1970 space mission, part of the Soviet Luna program. It was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample of...
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    Luna 3, or E-2A No.1 (Russian: Луна 3), was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 as part of the Luna programme. It was the first mission to photograph...
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    Luna 13 (E-6M series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program by Soviet Union. The Luna 13 spacecraft was launched toward the Moon onboard a...
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    60 Luna 1965A Luna 5 Luna 6 Luna 7 Luna 8 Luna 9 Cosmos 111 Luna 10 Luna 1966A Luna 11 Luna 12 Luna 13 Luna 1968A Luna 14 Luna 1969A Luna 1969B Luna 1969C...
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    Luna 11 (E-6LF series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna program. It was also called Lunik 11. Luna 11 was launched towards the...
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    Luna 4, or E-6 No.4 (Ye-6 series), sometimes known in the West as Lunik 4, was a Soviet spacecraft launched as part of the Luna program to attempt the...
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  • maneuver; Luna 26 is planned to be launched in 2027, Luna 27 in 2028, Luna 28 in 2030, and Luna 29, Luna 30 and 31 in the 2030s. The Luna-Glob programme is a...
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    Luna 10 (or Lunik 10) was a 1966 Soviet lunar robotic spacecraft mission in the Luna program. It was the first artificial satellite of the Moon. Luna...
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  • Luna 12 (E-6LF series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 12. Luna 12 was launched towards the Moon onboard a Molniya-M...
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  • Luna 19 (a.k.a. Lunik 19) (E-8-LS series), was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program. Luna 19 extended the systematic study of lunar gravitational...
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    Luna 20 was the second of three successful Soviet lunar sample return missions. It was flown as part of the Luna program as a robotic competitor to the...
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