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Lunokhod 1

1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach

Lunokhod 1

First successful robotic rover on another world.

Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
10 Nov 1970
Lead / partner
Soviet Union
Target
Moon
Category
Lunar rover
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Lunokhod 1 flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of Soviet Union's work toward moon. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First successful robotic rover on another world.

Results

First successful robotic rover on another world.

Related missions

Lunokhod 1 Luna 16 — same_target Luna 16 Apollo 11 — same_target Apollo 11 Luna 19 — same_target Luna 19 Apollo 8 — same_target Apollo 8

Sources & image credits

  • NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog