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§ Historical recordZond 8 spacecraft/return capsule
Circumlunar flight with successful return to Earth.
- Era
- A (1959-1976)
- Parent mission
- Zond 8
- Role
- circumlunar flyby and return spacecraft
- Operator
- Soviet space program
- Nation
- USSR
- Launched (UTC)
- 1970-10-20
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 1970-10-24
- Event type
- flyby/sample-return
- Outcome
- success
- Site
- Flyby; circumlunar trajectory
- Left on surface
- none
- Returned material
- spacecraft capsule/film returned to Earth
- Current status
- returned to Earth
- Operational status (derived)
- unknown
- Source grade
- primary
- Review note
- review:medium
Primary source