لونا (برنامج)

Luna 1

Luna 3

Luna 9

Luna 16

Luna 17

Luna 24

Location of Luna missions on the Moon

برنامج لونا Luna programme برنامج فضائي روسي أطلق عددا من السوابر الفضائية الى الفضاء وكان هدفه دراسة القمر الارضي وما يحيط به وجلب صخور وأتربة من سطحه .

الرحلات الأولى

أطلق لونا 1 أول السوابر أو(لونيك 1) (الجدير بالذكر حتى السوابر الثلاثة الأولى من السلسلة التى أطلق عليها لونيك تصغير لونا وذلك لصغر حجمها) في كانون الثاني - يناير 1959م لكنه فقد قبل حتى يصل الى سطح القمر وفى آيلول - سبتمبر 1959م كان لونا 2 (لونيك 2) أول سابر يصطدم بالقمر ويتمزق على سطحه لعدم هبوطه هبوطا لينا. وفى تشرين الأول -أكتوبر 1959م التقط لونا ثلاثة (لونيك 3) صورا للقمر المظلم.

الرحلات الثانية

وبعد سنة من نزول أول إنسان على سطح القمر 1970م حط لونا 16 على القمر وجمع عينات من صخورهوأتربته وعاد بها الى الأرض. وهناك سابران آخران من لونا جلبا صخورا وأتربة ايضا الى الأرض. وحمل السابران لونا 17 ولونا 21 عربيتين قمريتين غير مأهولين ووضعاها على سطح القمر فحمل لونا 17 العربة لونوخود 1 وحمل لونا 21 العربة لونوخود 2 .

الإنجازات

Luna 1 missed its intended impact with the Moon and became the first spacecraft to fall into orbit around the Sun.

In 1959, the Luna 2 mission successfully impacted upon the lunar surface, becoming the first man-made object to reach the Moon.

Luna 3 rounded the Moon later that year, and returned the first photographs of its far side, which can never be seen from Earth.

Luna 9 became the first probe to achieve a soft landing on another planetary body (February 1966). It returned five black and white stereoscopic circular panoramas, which were the first close-up shots of the Lunar surface.

Later that year Luna 10 became the first artificial satellite of the Moon.

Luna 17 and Luna 21 carried roving vehicles which roamed around on the Moon's terrain (see Lunokhod programme).

Another major achievement of the Luna programme, with Luna 16, Luna 20 and Luna 24 spacecrafts, was the ability to collect samples of lunar soil and return them to Earth, by 1970. The program returned 0.326 kg of lunar samples. The Luna missions were the first space-exploration sample return missions to rely solely on advanced robotics.

البعثات الاخرى البارزة

Luna 15, also designed to return soil samples from the lunar surface, holds the significance of undergoing its mission at the same time as the historic Apollo 11 mission. Arguably a last-ditch attempt to steal thunder from the potential American success, it would have returned lunar samples to Earth before the Apollo astronauts could do so. However, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were already on the lunar surface when Luna 15 began its descent, and the spacecraft crashed into a mountain minutes later.

البعثات

Luna 1958A
- Launch failure September 23, 1958
- Lunar impact attempt
Luna 1958B
- Launch failure October 11, 1958
- Lunar impact attempt
Luna 1958C
- Launch failure December 4, 1958
- Lunar impact attempt
Luna 1
- Launched 2 يناير, 1959
- Lunar (Impact) Flyby
Luna 1959A
- Launch failure June 18, 1959
- Lunar impact attempt
Luna 2
- Launched September 12 1959
- Lunar impact September 14, 1959 at ~07:30:00 UT
- Latitude 29.10 N, Longitude 0.00 - Palus Putredinis
Luna 3
- Launched October 4, 1959
- Lunar Flyby
Luna 1960A
- Launch failure April 15, 1960
- Lunar flyby attempt
Luna 1960B
- Launch failure April 19, 1960
- Lunar flyby attempt
Luna - Sputnik 25
- Launched January 4, 1963 (failed to escape orbit and decayed back into the atmosphere after just one day)
- Soft landing attempt
Luna 1963B
- Launch failure February 3, 1963
- Soft landing attempt
Luna 4
- Launched April 2, 1963
- Lunar Flyby (Soft landing attempt)
Luna 1964A
- Launch failure March 21, 1964
- Soft landing attempt
Luna 1964B
- Launch failure April 20, 1964
- Soft landing attempt
Luna - Cosmos 60
- Launched March 12, 1965 (failed to escape orbit and decayed back into the atmosphere after five days)
- Soft landing attempt
Luna 1965A
- Launch failure April 10, 1965
- Soft landing attempt
Luna 5
- Launched May 9, 1965
- Lunar impact (soft landing attempt) - Sea of Clouds
Luna 6
- Launched June 8, 1965
- Attempted Lander - Missed Moon
Luna 7
- Launched October 4, 1965
- Lunar Impact - Oceanus Procellarum
Luna 8
- Launched December 3, 1965
- Lunar Impact - Sea of Storms
Luna 9
- Launched January 31, 1966
- Landed on Moon February 3, 1966 at 18:44:52 UT
- Latitude 7.08 N, Longitude 295.63 E - Oceanus Procellarum
Luna - Cosmos 111
- Launched March 1, 1966 (failed to escape orbit and decayed back into the atmosphere after two days)
- Lunar orbit attempt
Luna 10
- Launched March 31, 1966
- Lunar Orbiter
Luna 1966A
- Launch failure April 30, 1966
- Lunar Orbiter attempt
Luna 11
- Launched August 24, 1966
- Lunar Orbiter
Luna 12
- Launched October 22, 1966
- Lunar Orbiter
Luna 13
- Launched December 21, 1966
- Landed on Moon December 24, 1966 at 18:01:00 UT
- Latitude 18.87 N, 297.95 E - Oceanus Procellarum
Luna 1968A
- Launch failure February 7, 1968
- Lunar Orbiter attempt
Luna 14
- Launched April 7, 1968
- Lunar Orbiter
Luna 1969A
- Launch failure February 19, 1969
- Lunar Rover attempt
Luna 1969B
- Launch failure April 15, 1969
- Lunar Sample Return attempt
Luna 1969C
- Launch failure June 14, 1969
- Lunar Sample Return attempt
Luna 15
- Launched July 13, 1969
- Lunar Orbiter (attempted lander)
Luna - Cosmos 300
- Launched September 23, 1969
- Lunar Sample Return attempt (failed to escape orbit and decayed back into the atmosphere after four days)
Luna - Cosmos 305
- Launched October 22, 1969
- Lunar Sample Return attempt (failed to escape orbit and decayed back into the atmosphere after two days)
Luna 1970A
- Launch failure February 6, 1970
- Lunar Sample Return attempt
Luna 1970B
- Launch failure February 19, 1970
- Lunar Orbiter attempt
Luna 16
- Launched September 12, 1970
- Landed on Moon September 20, 1970 at 05:18:00 UT
- Latitude 0.68 S, Longitude 56.30 E - Mare Fecunditatis
- Lunar Sample Return to Earth September 24, 1970
Luna 17/Lunokhod 1
- Launched November 10, 1970
- Landed on Moon November 17, 1970 at 03:47:00 UT
- Latitude 38.28 N, Longitude 325.00 E - Mare Imbrium
- Lunar Rover - Lunokhod 1
Luna 18
- Launched September 2, 1971
- Lunar Impact (Lunar Sample Return attempt)
- Latitude 3.57 N, Longitude 50.50 E - Mare Fecunditatis
Luna 19
- Launched September 28, 1971
- Lunar Orbiter
Luna 20
- Launched February 14, 1972
- Landed on Moon February 21, 1972 at 19:19:00 UT
- Latitude 3.57 N, Longitude 56.50 E - Mare Fecunditatis
- Lunar Sample Return to Earth February 25, 1972
Luna 21/Lunokhod 2
- Launched January 8, 1973
- Landed on Moon January 15, 1973 at 23:35:00 UT
- Latitude 25.85 N, Longitude 30.45 E - LeMonnier Crater
- Lunar Rover - Lunokhod 2
Luna 22
- Launched May 29, 1974
- Lunar Orbiter
Luna 23
- Launched October 28, 1974
- Lunar Lander (Lunar Sample Return attempt) - Mare Crisium
Luna 1975A
- Launch failure October 16, 1975
- Lunar Sample Return attempt - Mare Crisium
Luna 24
- Launched August 9, 1976
- Landed on Moon August 18, 1976 at 02:00:00 UT
- Latitude 12.25 N, Longitude 62.20 E - Mare Crisium
- Lunar Sample Return- Mare Crisium