Luna 13 Ye-6M lunar lander spacecraft family
Luna 13 was the Soviet Union’s 1966 lunar lander and the third spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon. It returned panoramic television images and measured the lunar surface’s mechanical and radiation properties.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Luna 13Lunik 13Ye-6M No. 205Automatic Station Luna 13
- Family Name
- Luna 13
- Full Name
- Luna 13 Ye-6M lunar lander spacecraft family
- Roles
- interplanetary_probelanderresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Luna 13 was the Soviet Union’s 1966 lunar lander and the third spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon. It returned panoramic television images and measured the lunar surface’s mechanical and radiation properties.
- First Flight Year
- 1,966
- Last Flight Year
- 1,966
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/moon/missions/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 11:03:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 00:39:14 UTC