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| | Luna |
 | | Luna 17 / Lunokhod have landed on the Sea of Storms on the moon. |
 | | After successfully entering earth orbit, flying to the moon, entering lunar orbit, and descending toward the surface, the spacecraft was damaged during landing in Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises). |
 | | The last of the Luna series of spacecraft, Luna 24 was the third Soviet mission to retrieve lunar ground samples (the first two were returned by Luna 16 and 20). |
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