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the Moon · All Worlds · Explore · 1926–2026 · 2 of 37 located marks in focus · editorial corpus · no live source connected
sample site
Close ✕Luna 16 sample site
Drilled, sealed and flew 101 grams back to Earth in September 1970 — the first sample returned from another world by a machine. Located in Mare Fecunditatis.
-0.7, 56.3 · approximate · Lunar exploration record
Reached by
- Luna 16 · 1970 · Soviet Union · Sample return
Connections
- is travelled to of Luna 16 — Luna 16 reached this position, and the position is published.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates