The Luna 8K72 vehicles were carrier rockets used by the Soviet Union for nine space probe launch attempts in the Luna programme between 23 September 1958 and 16 April 1960. [1] …

The 9K52 Luna-M (Russian: Луна, English: Moon; NATO reporting name: Frog-7) is a Soviet short-range artillery rocket system which fires unguided and spin-stabilized 9M21 rockets. It …

2015年5月1日 · This glowing orange trail of gas, visible over the Indian Ocean with the brightness of a sixth-magnitude star, allowed astronomers to track the spacecraft. It also served as an …

2019年9月12日 · On Jan. 2, 1959, the Soviet Union announced the launch of their first Cosmic Rocket (retroactively renamed Luna 1 in 1963), carrying a 796-pound spherical spacecraft …

2015年5月1日 · Luna 16 was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample to Earth and represented the first lunar sample return mission by the Soviet Union and the third …

Luna 2 was the second of a series of spacecraft launched in the direction of the Moon. The first spacecraft to land on the Moon, it impacted the lunar surface east of Mare Serenitatis near the …

Luna 1, also known as Mechta (Russian: Мечта [mʲɪt͡ɕˈta], lit.: Dream), E-1 No.4 and First Lunar Rover, [4] was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's Moon, the first spacecraft to …

R-7 ICBM with single-engine upper stage used for early Soviet unmanned lunar shots. AKA: 8K72;A-1;Luna;Luna 8K72;SL-3. Status: Retired 1960. First Launch: 1958-09-23. Last …

2021年7月18日 · The Soviets’ lunar expedition scenario called for prepositioning of a backup return vehicle on the moon ahead of the arrival of a lone pilot—the maximum human payload …

2023年8月11日 · Russia has successfully launched Luna 25, the country’s first lunar lander in 47 years. The uncrewed spacecraft lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, …