Luna 16
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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 lunar soil to Earth. The 101 grams sample was ret
Luna 16
Luna 16 at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
Luna 16 at the Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics
The Soviet Union 1970 CPA 3951 stamp
Luna 24
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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 the third Soviet mission to return lunar soil
Luna 16
…material from a depth of 27 cm was sent to Britain. Legacy Lunar Mission Sample Returned Year Luna 16 101 g (3.6 oz) 1970 Luna 20 30 g (1.1 oz) 1972 Luna 24 170 g (6.0 oz) 1976 Three tiny samples (0.2 grams) of the Luna 16 soil were sold at Sotheby's auction for $442,500 in 1993. The samples were resold by…
Model of ''Luna 24'' Moon lander