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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 first two sample return missions were Luna 16 and Luna 20). The probe landed in Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises). The mission…

Mission, Spacecraft & Detection of water in returned samples

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Mission

MasconLuna 23Launch failureTrajectoryLunar orbit
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Spacecraft

MHzNitric acidUDMH
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Detection of water in returned samples

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Overview

Robotic probeSoviet UnionLuna programmeLunar soilMoon
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Aposelene altitude
115 km (71 mi)
Bus
Ye-8-5M
Contractor
Krunichev
COSPAR ID
1976-081A
Inclination
120.0°
Landing date
22 August 1976, 05:55 UTC · 18 August 1976, 06:36 UTC

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Detection of water in returned samples

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Luna 24

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples80
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
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Luna 24

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related to Mission · 28
Luna 24 → After, August, China's Chang'e, December, Earth's, East, Exact, For, IAU, Initial, It, Lev, Luna, Lunar, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mare Crisium, Moon, NASA, North, October
related to External links · 17
Luna 24 → Blog, Failure, LROC, Luna, Mare Crisium, May, Media, NSSDC Master Catalog, Soviet Luna Probe, Soviet Moon Lander Discovered, Success, Technology Review, The Moon, The Physics, Water, Wikimedia CommonsZarya, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Spacecraft · 10
Luna 24 → After, Communications, KTDU-417, Luna, Lunokhod, MHz, The, With, Ye-8, Ye-8-5
Landing date · 2
Luna 24 → 18 August 1976, 06:36 UTC, 22 August 1976, 05:55 UTC
Landing site · 2
Luna 24 → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…, 12°42′52″N 62°12′35″E / 12.7145°N 62.2097°E / 12.7145; 62.2097, Mare Crisium
Aposelene altitude · 1
Luna 24 → 115 km (71 mi)
Bus · 1
Luna 24 → Ye-8-5M
Contractor · 1
Luna 24 → Krunichev
COSPAR ID · 1
Luna 24 → 1976-081A
Inclination · 1
Luna 24 → 120.0°

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luna lunar 24 sample return mission soviet probe kg 1976 spacecraft stage mare crisium samples mass moon descent soil august

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Luna 24Aposelene altitude115 km (71 mi)1.00infobox
Luna 24BusYe-8-5M1.00infobox
Luna 24ContractorKrunichev1.00infobox
Luna 24COSPAR ID1976-081A1.00infobox
Luna 24Inclination120.0°1.00infobox
Luna 24Landing date22 August 1976, 05:55 UTC1.00infobox
Luna 24Landing date18 August 1976, 06:36 UTC1.00infobox
Luna 24Landing site.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Luna 24Landing site12°42′52″N 62°12′35″E / 12.7145°N 62.2097°E / 12.7145; 62.2097, Mare Crisium1.00infobox
Luna 24Launch date9 August 1976, 15:04:12 UTC1.00infobox
Luna 24Launch mass5,800 kg (12,800 lb)1.00infobox
Luna 24Launch siteBaikonur 81/231.00infobox
Luna 24ManufacturerNPO Lavochkin1.00infobox
Luna 24Mission duration12 days, 14 hours and 51 minutes1.00infobox
Luna 24Mission typeLunar sample return1.00infobox
Luna 24OperatorSoviet space program1.00infobox
Luna 24Orbital insertion14 August 19761.00infobox
Luna 24Orbits~481.00infobox
Luna 24Period1 hour 59 minutes1.00infobox
Luna 24Periselene altitude115 km (71 mi)1.00infobox
Luna 24Reference systemSelenocentric1.00infobox
Luna 24Return launch19 August 1976, 05:25 UTC1.00infobox
Luna 24RocketProton-K/DM s/n 288-021.00infobox
Luna 24Sample mass170.1 g (6.00 oz)1.00infobox
Luna 24SATCAT no.92721.00infobox

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