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§ Historical recordLuna 23 lander/sample-return craft
Soft-landed but sample collection/return system was damaged; no sample returned.
- Coordinates
- 12.6667, 62.1511 (positive-east)
- Era
- A (1959-1976)
- Parent mission
- Luna 23
- Role
- sample-return lander
- Operator
- Soviet space program
- Nation
- USSR
- Launched (UTC)
- 1974-10-28
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 1974-11-06
- Event type
- lander/sample-return
- Outcome
- partial
- Site
- Mare Crisium
- Left on surface
- lander/sample-return hardware on surface
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- on lunar surface
- Operational status (derived)
- inactive
- Source grade
- primary
Primary source