Luna 21

Luna 21 was an uncrewed space mission, and its spacecraft, of the Luna program, also called Lunik 21, in 1973. The spacecraft landed on the Moon and deployed the second Soviet lunar rover, Lunokhod 2. The primary objectives of the mission were to collect images of the lunar surface, examine ambient light levels to determine the feasibility of astronomical observations from the Moon, perform laser ranging experiments from Earth, observe solar X-rays, measure local magnetic fields, and study mechanical properties of the lunar surface material.

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Lunik 21
space probe, artificial satellite, Proton-K, 

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1973 Luna 21

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rocket launch

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Luna 21

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Luna 21		Commons