- Luna 1969B
Luna 1969B was the first Soviet attempt at an unmanned lunar sample return. It was probably similar in design to the later successful
Luna 16 mission. It was launched, on aProton rocket , on June 14, 1969. The launch failed for unknown reasons.Sequence
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