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Luna 17

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Planetary science

Luna 17

Completed

USSR

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Image: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Launched
10 Nov 197014:44:01 UTC
Last contact
14 Sept 1971
End declared
4 Oct 1971
Duration
10 months 4 days
Destinations
Moon

A Soviet mission that landed Lunokhod 1, the first remote-controlled rover on another world, in Mare Imbrium.

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1971

Spacecraft

Luna 17 lander

Lander
Completed

Descent stage with twin ramps that let the rover drive off in either direction.

Size
1.5 m × 3.5 m
Built by
Lavochkin
Designator
1970-095A

Lunokhod 1

Rover
Completed

Eight-wheeled rover driven by radio from Earth, which travelled about 10.5 km over ten months.

Launch mass
756 kg
Size
1.9 m × 2.1 m, span 4.4 m
Power
Solar
Built by
Lavochkin
Last contact
14 Sept 1971
End declared
4 Oct 1971

Mission details from nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.