1.2 Status of Lunar Lander Technology Development Outside China
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Table 1.1 (continued)
Name
Launch time
Landing Time
Brief information of the probes
Luna 24
1976-08-09
1976-08-18
Successful robotic lunar sample and return
mission
Fig. 1.1 Luna 9 in launch vehicle
Fig. 1.2 Major components
of Luna 9. 1 TV camera
system; 2 Boom Antennae; 3
Petal antennae; 4 Bottom
shell with thermal insulation
layer