Space·3 min read·medium
On this day in space! Aug. 9, 1976: Soviet Luna 24 sample return probe launches to the moon
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Hanneke Weitering, Tariq Malik
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This article recounts the history of the Soviet Union's Luna 24 mission, which launched on August 9, 1976. It highlights the mission's success in returning lunar soil samples that contained traces of water.
Luna 24 was a robotic sample return mission and the third of its kind.
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