1970 The Soviet Union launches the Luna 16 (first robotic probe to land on the Moon )
Luna 16 was a Soviet Luna programme unmanned space mission. It was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return to Earth with a sample of lunar soil. Mare Fecunditatis returned the 101 gramme (3.56 ounce) sample. It was the Soviet Union's first successful lunar sample return mission and the third lunar sample return mission overall.
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