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Luna 20 lands
Luna 20, operated by Soviet lunar programme (OKB-1 / Lavochkin) of Soviet Union, lands on 1972-02-21. Returned highland material, geologically different from the mare samples returned before it.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Luna 20 · 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