ARTEMIS 2
Target: Moon
State: Planned
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Mission
Kind: Lunar sample return
State: Successful
Place: Moon
Operator: GSMZ Lavochkin
Instruments: Stereo photographic imaging systemRemote arm for sample collectionRadiation detector
Date
Start:
Duration: 12 days
Mission Ending
"Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending." - Jim Henson
Rocket
Rocket: Proton-K/D
Kind: GSMZ Lavochkin
Manufacturer: GSMZ Lavochkin
Mass: 5,727 kg (12,626 lb)
Launch Site: Baikonur 81/23
Flyby
"Requesting permission for flyby." Maverick - Top Gun
Orbit
Reference System: Selenocentric
1º Orbit: Lunar
Lander
Place: Lunar
Region: 0°30′49″S 56°21′50″E / 0.5137°S 56.3638°E / -0.5137, 56.3638Coordinates: 0°30′49″S 56°21′50″E / 0.5137°S 56.3638°E / -0.5137, 56.3638
Date: 20 September 1970, 05:18 UTC
Luna 16, also known as Lunnik 16, was an uncrewed space mission, part of the Soviet Luna program. It was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample of lunar soil to Earth. The sample was returned from Mare Fecunditatis. It represented the first lunar sample return mission by the Soviet Union and was the third lunar sample return mission overall, following the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 missions.
