Luna 18 Ye-8-5 lunar sample-return spacecraft family
Luna 18 was the Soviet Union’s 1971 lunar sample-return attempt. NASA records the mission as unsuccessful, so this family preserves the attempt without asserting a recovered lunar sample.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Luna 18Lunik 18Luna 18 sample-return spacecraft
- Family Name
- Luna 18
- Full Name
- Luna 18 Ye-8-5 lunar sample-return spacecraft family
- Roles
- interplanetary_probesample_returnresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Luna 18 was the Soviet Union’s 1971 lunar sample-return attempt. NASA records the mission as unsuccessful, so this family preserves the attempt without asserting a recovered lunar sample.
- First Flight Year
- 1,971
- Last Flight Year
- 1,971
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 08:21:13 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 11:33:22 UTC