Luna 24

Luna 24 was a robotic probe of the Soviet Union's Luna programme. The 24th mission of the Luna series of spacecraft, the mission of the Luna 24 probe was the third Soviet mission to return lunar soil samples from the Moon. The probe landed in Mare Crisium. The mission returned 170.1 g (6.00 oz) of lunar samples to the Earth on 22 August 1976.

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1976-08-09T00:00:00Z

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rocket launch

1976-08-22T00:00:00Z

1976-08-22T00:00:00Z

landing

1976-08-18T00:00:00Z

1976-08-18T00:00:00Z

soft landing

1976-08-14T00:00:00Z

1976-08-14T00:00:00Z

orbital activity

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• Luna 24 Reviewed - magazine article from 'Geotimes' published in 1978, English, online
• Argon-40-argon-39 chronology and petrogenesis along the eastern limb of the Moon from Luna 16, 20 and 24 samples - scholarly article, 2001
• Papers Presented to the Conference on Luna 24: A Lunar Science Institute Topical Conference 1 - 3 December 1977 - book published in 1977, English

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