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== Mission details == {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Public name ! Internal name ! Photo ! Mission ! Launch date ! Carrier rocket ! Outcome ! Remarks |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-1 No.1|E-1 No.1]] || || [[Lander (spacecraft)#Impactors|Impactor]] || 23 September 1958 || [[Luna (rocket)|Luna]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-1 No.2|E-1 No.2]] || || Impactor || 11 October 1958 || [[Luna (rocket)|Luna]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-1 No.3|E-1 No.3]] || || Impactor || 4 December 1958 || [[Luna (rocket)|Luna]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | [[Luna 1]] || E-1 No.4 || [[File:Luna 1 - 2 Spacecraft.png|center|100px]] || Impactor || 2 January 1959 || [[Luna (rocket)|Luna]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Also known as ''Mechta''; placed onto incorrect trajectory, flew past the Moon without impacting; first spacecraft to escape [[geocentric orbit]] |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-1A No.1|E-1A No.1]] || || Impactor || 18 June 1959 || [[Luna (rocket)|Luna]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | [[Luna 2]] || E-1A No.2 || [[File:Luna 1 - 2 Spacecraft.png|center|100px]] || Impactor || 12 September 1959 || [[Luna (rocket)|Luna]] || {{yes|Successful}} || Impacted [[Palus Putredinis]] (29.10 N, 0.00 E) on the Moon on 14 September 1959 at ~07:30 GMT. First man-made object to reach the Moon. |- | [[Luna 3]] || E-2A No.1 || [[File:FP2A3122 (23497693608).jpg|center|100px]] || Flyby || 4 October 1959 || [[Luna (rocket)|Luna]] || {{yes|Successful}} || Took first photographs of the [[far side of the Moon]]. |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-3 No.1|E-3 No.1]] || [[File:DLR School Lab Dresden (20).JPG|center|100px]] || Flyby || 15 April 1960 || [[Luna (rocket)|Luna]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-3 No.2|E-3 No.2]] || [[File:DLR School Lab Dresden (20).JPG|center|100px]] || Flyby || 16 April 1960 || [[Luna (rocket)|Luna]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-6 No.2|E-6 No.2]] || [[File:FP2A3148 (23497692458).jpg|center|100px]] || Lander || 4 January 1963 || [[Molniya-L]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Never left LEO |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-6 No.3|E-6 No.3]]|| [[File:FP2A3148 (23497692458).jpg|center|100px]] || Lander || 3 February 1963 || [[Molniya-L]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | [[Luna 4]] || E-6 No.4 || [[File:FP2A3148 (23497692458).jpg|center|100px]] || Lander || 2 April 1963 || [[Molniya-L]] || {{no2|Spacecraft failure}} || Failed to perform course correction manoeuvre; flew past the Moon |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-6 No.6|E-6 No.6]] || [[File:FP2A3148 (23497692458).jpg|center|100px]] || Lander || 21 March 1964 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-6 No.5|E-6 No.5]] || [[File:FP2A3148 (23497692458).jpg|center|100px]] || Lander || 20 April 1964 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | [[Kosmos 60]] || E-6 No.9 ||[[File:FP2A3148 (23497692458).jpg|center|100px]] || Lander || 12 March 1965 || [[Molniya-L]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Never left LEO, decayed five days later |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-6 No.8|E-6 No.8]] || [[File:FP2A3148 (23497692458).jpg|center|100px]] || Lander || 10 April 1965 || [[Molniya-L]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | [[Luna 5]] || E-6 No.10 || [[File:FP2A3148 (23497692458).jpg|center|100px]]|| Lander || 9 May 1965 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{no2|Spacecraft failure}} || Failed to decelerate; impacted [[Mare Nubium]] |- | [[Luna 6]] || E-6 No.7 || [[File:FP2A3148 (23497692458).jpg|center|100px]]|| Lander || 8 June 1965 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{no2|Spacecraft failure}} || Failed to perform course correction manoeuvre; flew past the Moon |- | [[Luna 7]] || E-6 No.11 || [[File:FP2A3148 (23497692458).jpg|center|100px]] || Lander || 4 October 1965 || [[Molniya (rocket)|Molniya]] || {{no2|Spacecraft failure}} || Attitude control failure; impacted [[Oceanus Procellarum]] |- | [[Luna 8]] || E-6 No.12 || [[File:FP2A3148 (23497692458).jpg|center|100px]]|| Lander || 3 December 1965 || [[Molniya (rocket)|Molniya]] || {{no2|Spacecraft failure}} || Attitude control failure; impacted [[Oceanus Procellarum]] |- | [[Luna 9]] || E-6 No.13 || [[File:Luna-9 model.jpg|center|100px]] || Lander || 31 January 1966 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{yes|Successful}} || Landed in [[Oceanus Procellarum]] (7.08 N, 295.63 E) 18:44:52 GMT on 3 February 1966. First soft landing on the Moon. |- | [[Kosmos 111]] || E-6S No.204 || [[File:Luna 9 Musee du Bourget P1010505.JPG|center|100px]] || Orbiter || 1 March 1966 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Never left LEO, decayed two days later |- | [[Luna 10]] || E-6S No.206 || [[File:Luna 10 Musee du Bourget P1010504.JPG|center|100px]] || Orbiter || 31 March 1966 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{yes|Successful}} || |- | [[Luna 11]] || E-6LF No.101 || || Orbiter || 24 August 1966 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{yes|Successful}} || |- | [[Luna 12]] || E-6LF No.102 || || Orbiter || 22 October 1966 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{yes|Successful}} || |- | [[Luna 13]] || E-6M No.205 || [[File:Luna13 lander vsm.jpg|center|100px]] || Lander || 21 December 1966 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{yes|Successful}} || Landed in [[Oceanus Procellarum]] (18.87 N, 297.95 E) 18:01 GMT on 24 December 1966 |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-6LS No.112|E-6LS No.112]] || || Orbiter || 7 February 1968 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | [[Luna 14]] || E-6LS No.113 || || Orbiter || 7 April 1968 || [[Molniya-M]] || {{yes|Successful}} || |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-8 No.201|E-8 No.201]] || || Rover || 19 February 1969 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || First attempt to launch [[Lunokhod programme|Lunokhod]]. Failed to orbit, Lunokhod destroyed. |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-8-5 No.402|E-8-5 No.402]] || || Sample return || 14 June 1969 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | [[Luna 15]] || E-8-5 No.401 || || Sample return || 13 July 1969 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{no2|Spacecraft failure}} || Entered selenocentric orbit successfully, failed during descent on 21 July 1969; impacted the Moon while [[Apollo 11]] was on the surface |- | [[Kosmos 300]] || E-8-5 No.403 || || Sample return || 23 September 1969 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Never left LEO, decayed four days later |- | [[Kosmos 305]] || E-8-5 No.404 || || Sample return || 22 October 1969 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Never left LEO, decayed two days later |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-8-5 No.405|E-8-5 No.405]] || || Sample return || 6 February 1970 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit |- | [[Luna 16]] || E-8-5 No.406 || [[File:Luna 16.jpg|center|100px]] || Sample return || 12 September 1970 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{yes|Successful}} || Landed in [[Mare Fecunditatis]] (0.68 S, 56.30 E) at 05:18 GMT on 20 September 1970. Sample returned to Earth on 24 September 1970 |- | [[Luna 17]] || E-8 No.203 ||[[File:Luna and Lunokhod.png|center|100px]] || Rover || 10 November 1970 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{yes|Successful}} || Landed in [[Mare Imbrium]] (38.28 N, 325.00 E) at 03:47 GMT on 17 November 1970. Deployed [[Lunokhod 1]] |- | [[Luna 18]] || E-8-5 No.407 || || Sample return || 2 September 1971 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{no2|Spacecraft failure}} || Entered selenocentric orbit successfully, failed during descent; impacted [[Mare Fecunditatis]] (3.57 N, 50.50 E) |- | [[Luna 19]] || E-8LS No.202 || || Orbiter || 28 September 1971 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{yes|Successful}} || |- | [[Luna 20]] || E-8-5 No.408 || || Sample return || 14 February 1972 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{yes|Successful}} || Landed in [[Mare Fecunditatis]] (3.57 N, 56.50 E) at 19:19 UTC on 21 February 1972. Sample returned to Earth on 25 February 1972 |- | [[Luna 21]] || E-8 No.204 || [[File:Luna 21.jpg|center|100px]] || Rover || 8 January 1973 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{yes|Successful}} || Landed in [[Le Monnier (crater)|Le Monnier]] (25.85 N, 30.45 E) at 23:35 UTC on 15 January 1973. Deployed [[Lunokhod 2]] |- | [[Luna 22]] || E-8LS No.206 || || Orbiter || 29 May 1974 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{yes|Successful}} || |- | [[Luna 23]] || E-8-5M No.410 || [[File:Luna23 figure.png|center|100px]] || Sample return || 28 October 1974 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{no2|Spacecraft failure}} || Landed in [[Mare Crisium]], fell over upon landing |- | align=center | {{small|N/A}} || [[Luna E-8-5M No.412|E-8-5M No.412]] || || Sample return || 16 October 1975 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{no|Launch failure}} || Failed to orbit, intended to return a sample from [[Mare Crisium]] |- | [[Luna 24]] || E-8-5M No.413 || [[File:ΠΡΠ½Π°-24 3 (24432633921) cropped.jpg|center|100px]] || Sample return || 9 August 1976 || [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] || {{yes|Successful}} || Landed in [[Mare Crisium]] (12.25 N, 62.20 E) at 02:00 UTC on 18 August 1976. Sample returned to Earth on 22 August 1976 |}
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