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Luna-series spacecraft
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| Luna-1 | Lunokhod-2 |
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Luna-series spacecraft
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| Luna-1 | Lunokhod-2 |
This page contains reference images for the Russian Luna-series spacecraft. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
Luna was occasionally called Lunik or Lunnik by western media.
Lunokhod-1 and 2 lunar rovers were carried by Luna-17 and 21, respectively.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Reference images (immediately below) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (found elsewhere) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (found elsewhere) |
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| Luna (Russia/USSR) | Luna (Russia/USSR) | Luna (Russia/USSR) | Luna (Russia/USSR) |
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| Luna-(1a) (Ye-1 #1) [failed] Luna-(1b) (Ye-1 #2) [failed] Luna-(1c) (Ye-1 #3) [failed] Luna-1 (Ye-1 #4) / Mechta | 1958-09-23 1958-10-11 1958-12-04 1959-01-02 |
 
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| Luna-(2a) (Ye-1A #1) [failed] Luna-2 (Ye-1A #2) | 1959-06-18 1959-09-12 | 
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| Luna-3 (Ye-2A #1) Luna-(4a) (Ye-3 #1) [failed] Luna-(4b) (Ye-3 #2) [failed] | 1959-10-04 1960-04-15 1960-04-16 |
  
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| Luna-(4c) (Ye-6 #1) / Sputnik-25 [failed] Luna-(4d) (Ye-6 #2) [failed] Luna-4 (Ye-6 #3) Luna-(5a) (Ye-6 #4) [failed] Luna-(5b) (Ye-6 #5) [failed] Luna-(5c) (Ye-6 #6) / Kosmos-60 [failed] Luna-(5d) (Ye-6 #7) [failed] Luna-5 (Ye-6 #8) Luna-6 (Ye-6 #9) Luna-7 (Ye-6 #10) Luna-8 (Ye-6 #11) Luna-9 (Ye-6 #12) | 1963-01-04 1963-02-03 1963-04-02 1964-03-21 1964-04-20 1965-03-12 1965-04-10 1965-05-09 1965-06-08 1965-10-04 1965-12-03 1966-01-31 |
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| Luna-(10a) (Ye-6S #1) / Kosmos-111 [failed] Luna-10 (Ye-6S #2) | 1966-03-01 1966-03-31 |
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| Luna-11 (Ye-6LF #1) Luna-12 (Ye-6LF #2) | 1966-08-24 1966-10-22 | 
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| Luna-13 (Ye-6M #1) | 1966-12-21 |
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| Luna? / Kosmos-159 (Ye-6LS #111) Luna-(14) (Ye-6LS #112) [failed] Luna-14 (Ye-6LS #113) | 1967-05-16 1968-02-07 1968-04-07 | No image available |
| Luna-(15b) (Ye-8-5 No.402) [failed] Luna-15 (Ye-8-5 No.401) Luna-(16a) (Ye-8-5 No.403) / Kosmos-300 [failed] Luna-(16b) (Ye-8-5 No.404) / Kosmos-305 [failed] Luna-(16c) (Ye-8-5 No.405) [failed] Luna-16 (Ye-8-5 No.406) Luna-18 (Ye-8-5 No.407) Luna-20 (Ye-8-5 No.408) | 1969-04-14 1969-07-13 1969-09-23 1969-10-22 1970-02-06 1970-09-12 1971-09-02 1972-02-14 | 
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| Luna-(17) / Lunokhod-(1) (Ye-8 No.201) [failed] Luna-17 / Lunokhod-1 (Ye-8 No.203) Luna-21 / Lunokhod-2 (Ye-8 No.204) | 1969-02-19 1970-11-10 1973-01-08 |
 
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| Luna-19 (Ye-8LS No.202) Luna-22 (Ye-8LS No.206) | 1971-09-28 1974-05-29 | 
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| Luna-23 (Ye-8-5M No.410) Luna-(24a) (Ye-8-5M No.412) [failed] Luna-24 (Ye-8-5M No.413) | 1974-10-28 1975-10-16 1976-08-09 |
  
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| Luna-25 / Luna-Glob | 2023-08-10 | 
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*Spacecraft bus designations and reference images were obtained from Gunter's Space Page.
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