Rocket Lander - Luna 24

On This Day in Space! Aug. 9 1976: Soviet Luna 24 sample return probe launches to the moon

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On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission.

Luna 24 was a robotic sample return mission and the third of its kind. It lifted off on a Proton-K rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and safety landed on the lunar surface nine days later.

The probe landed in a dark plain known as Mare Crisium, or the "Sea of Crises" and collected 6 ounces (170.1 grams) of soil samples, which it brought back to Earth on Aug. 22, 1976. Scientists then found that the samples from Luna 24 contained tiny traces of water — about 0.1 percent by mass.

Courtesy: msn.com/news/Space.com - Hanneke Weitering 09.08.20

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