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Luna 16 lands
Luna 16, operated by Soviet lunar programme (OKB-1 / Lavochkin) of Soviet Union, lands on 1970-09-20. The first robotic sample return from another world.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Luna 16 · mission · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
NSSDCA master catalogue — Luna programme
Launch and arrival dates, mission class and landing or impact positions for the Soviet Luna spacecraft.
NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive · Partly verified
NSSDCA master catalogue, Luna spacecraft entries