Luna Programme - Missions

Missions

• Luna 1958A
  • Launch failure September 23, 1958
  • Lunar impact attempt
• Luna 1958B
  • Launch failure October 11, 1958
  • Lunar impact attempt
• Luna 1958C
  • Launch failure December 4, 1958
  • Lunar impact attempt
• Luna 1
  • Launched January 2, 1959
  • Lunar (Impact) Flyby
• Luna 1959A
  • Launch failure June 18, 1959
  • Lunar impact attempt
• Luna 2
  • Launched September 12, 1959
  • Lunar impact September 14, 1959 at ~07:30:00 UT
  • Latitude 29.10 N, Longitude 0.00 - Palus Putredinis
• Luna 3
  • Launched October 4, 1959
  • Lunar Flyby
• Luna 1960A
  • Launch failure April 15, 1960
  • Lunar flyby attempt
• Luna 1960B
  • Launch failure April 19, 1960
  • Lunar flyby attempt
• Luna - Sputnik 25
  • Launched January 4, 1963 (failed to escape orbit and decayed back into the atmosphere after just one day)
  • Soft landing attempt
• Luna 1963B
  • Launch failure February 3, 1963
  • Soft landing attempt
• Luna 4
  • Launched April 2, 1963
  • Lunar Flyby (Soft landing attempt)
• Luna 1964A
  • Launch failure March 21, 1964
  • Soft landing attempt
• Luna 1964B
  • Launch failure April 20, 1964
  • Soft landing attempt
• Luna - Cosmos 60
  • Launched March 12, 1965 (failed to escape orbit and decayed back into the atmosphere after five days)
  • Soft landing attempt
• Luna 1965A
  • Launch failure April 10, 1965
  • Soft landing attempt
• Luna 5
  • Launched May 9, 1965
  • Lunar impact (soft landing attempt) - Sea of Clouds
• Luna 6
  • Launched June 8, 1965
  • Attempted Lander - Missed Moon
• Luna 7
  • Launched October 4, 1965
  • Lunar Impact - Oceanus Procellarum
• Luna 8
  • Launched December 3, 1965
  • Lunar Impact - Sea of Storms
• Luna 9
  • Launched January 31, 1966
  • Landed on Moon February 3, 1966 at 18:44:52 UT
  • Latitude 7.08 N, Longitude 295.63 E - Oceanus Procellarum
• Luna - Cosmos 111
  • Launched March 1, 1966 (failed to escape orbit and decayed back into the atmosphere after two days)
  • Lunar orbit attempt
• Luna 10
  • Launched March 31, 1966
  • Lunar Orbiter
• Luna 11
  • Launched August 24, 1966
  • Lunar Orbiter
• Luna 12
  • Launched October 22, 1966
  • Lunar Orbiter
• Luna 13
  • Launched December 21, 1966
  • Landed on Moon December 24, 1966 at 18:01:00 UT
  • Latitude 18.87 N, 297.95 E - Oceanus Procellarum
• Luna 1968A
  • Launch failure February 7, 1968
  • Lunar Orbiter attempt
• Luna 14
  • Launched April 7, 1968
  • Lunar Orbiter
• Luna 1969A
  • Launch failure February 19, 1969
  • Lunar Rover attempt
• Luna 1969C
  • Launch failure June 14, 1969
  • Lunar Sample Return attempt
• Luna 15
  • Launched July 13, 1969
  • Lunar Orbiter (attempted lander)
• Luna - Cosmos 300
  • Launched September 23, 1969
  • Lunar Sample Return attempt (failed to escape orbit and decayed back into the atmosphere after four days)
• Luna - Cosmos 305
  • Launched October 22, 1969
  • Lunar Sample Return attempt (failed to escape orbit and decayed back into the atmosphere after two days)
• Luna 1970A
  • Launch failure February 6, 1970
  • Lunar Sample Return attempt
• Luna 16
  • Launched September 12, 1970
  • Landed on Moon September 20, 1970 at 05:18:00 UT
  • Latitude 0.68 S, Longitude 56.30 E - Mare Fecunditatis
  • Lunar Sample Return to Earth September 24, 1970
• Luna 17/Lunokhod 1
  • Launched November 10, 1970
  • Landed on Moon November 17, 1970 at 03:47:00 UT
  • Latitude 38.28 N, Longitude 325.00 E - Mare Imbrium
  • Lunar Rover - Lunokhod 1
• Luna 18
  • Launched September 2, 1971
  • Lunar Impact (Lunar Sample Return attempt)
  • Latitude 3.57 N, Longitude 50.50 E - Mare Fecunditatis
• Luna 19
  • Launched September 28, 1971
  • Lunar Orbiter
• Luna 20
  • Launched February 14, 1972
  • Landed on Moon February 21, 1972 at 19:19:00 UT
  • Latitude 3.57 N, Longitude 56.50 E - Mare Fecunditatis
  • Lunar Sample Return to Earth February 25, 1972
• Luna 21/Lunokhod 2
  • Launched January 8, 1973
  • Landed on Moon January 15, 1973 at 23:35:00 UT
  • Latitude 25.85 N, Longitude 30.45 E - LeMonnier Crater
  • Lunar Rover - Lunokhod 2
• Luna 22
  • Launched May 29, 1974
  • Lunar Orbiter
• Luna 23
  • Launched October 28, 1974
  • Lunar Lander (Lunar Sample Return attempt) - Mare Crisium
• Luna 1975A
  • Launch failure October 16, 1975
  • Lunar Sample Return attempt - Mare Crisium
• Luna 24
  • Launched August 9, 1976
  • Landed on Moon August 18, 1976 at 02:00:00 UT
  • Latitude 12.25 N, Longitude 62.20 E - Mare Crisium
  • Lunar Sample Return to Earth August 22, 1976 Mare Crisium