On November 17, 1970, a Soviet unmanned mission called Luna 17 landed on the Sea of Rains, a vast ba...
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May 25, 2026
When a Soviet rover went silent on the Moon in 1971, scientists assumed it was gone for good — but nearly forty years later, the reflector strapped to its back answered a laser pulse from Earth as if no time had passed at all
On November 17, 1970, a Soviet unmanned mission called Luna 17 landed on the Sea of Rains, a vast basalt plain on the near side of the Moon.
On 17 November 1970, a Soviet unmanned mission called Luna 17 touched down on the Sea of Rains, a wide basalt plain on the near side of the Moon.
Author: Space Daily
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