[DOC] [TLE] Luna 20 - Wikipedia [PAR] Luna 20 was the second of three successful Soviet lunar sample return missions. 
It was flown as part of the Luna program as a robotic competitor to the six 
successful Apollo lunar sample return missions. Luna 20 was placed in an 
intermediate Earth parking orbit and from this orbit ... On February 21, 1972, Luna 
20 soft landed on the Moon in a mountainous... [DOC] [TLE] Exploration of the Moon - Wikipedia [PAR] The physical exploration of the Moon began when Luna 2, a space probe 
launched by the ... The first landing took place in 1969, when astronauts placed 
scientific .... Moon rock samples were brought back to Earth by three Luna 
missions ... Chang'e 3 is the first spacecraft to soft-land on lunar surface since 
Luna 24 in 1976. [DOC] [TLE] Sample return mission - Revolvy [PAR] A sample return mission is a spacecraft mission with the goal of collecting and 
returning ... Samples of Moon rock from Earth's Moon were collected both from ... 
easier than a sample return mission, the scientific tools available here on Earth to 
...... RVSN Luna 20 RVSN Lunar Lunar sample return February 25, 1972 (Earth)... [DOC] [TLE] Missions to the Moon | The Planetary Society [PAR] Returned to Earth: February 25, 1972. Luna 20 soft landed in the Apollonius 
highlands near the Sea of Fertility. The spacecraft collected samples and then 
lifted... [DOC] [TLE] Luna - Encyclopedia Astronautica [PAR] Ye-8 lunar sample return spacecraft - detail of drill and re-entry vehicle ... soft 
land on the moon; to retrieve and return lunar surface samples to the earth; ... 
Korolev / Lavochkin E-6M spacecraft as flown on Luna 9 first soft landing on the 
moon. ..... Additional Details: here. ..... It landed in the Soviet Union on 25 
February 1972. [DOC] [TLE] Soviet Missions to the Moon - nssdc - NASA [PAR] Sep 27, 2005 ... The Soviet Lunar program had 20 successful missions to the Moon and achieved 
a number of notable ... first probe to impact the Moon, first flyby and image of the 
lunar farside, first soft landing, first lunar orbiter, and the first circumlunar probe to 
return to Earth. ... Lunar Sample Return to Earth 25 Feb 1972... [DOC] [TLE] The Soviet Lunar Program [PAR] Overview; Early Robotic Spacecraft; Landing Attempts; Orbital Missions; The 
Zond Program: Precursors to Human Flights; Sample Return and Rover Missions 
... This mission was followed by another successful soft landing by Luna 13, 
which ... enter the atmosphere at far greater speeds than those returning from 
Earth orbit,... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline: 50 Years of Spaceflight - Space.com [PAR] Sep 28, 2012 ... Feb. 3, 1966: The unmanned Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 makes the ... June 2, 1966
: Surveyor 1, a lunar lander, performs the first successful U.S. soft landing on the 
Moon. ... 19, 1972: Apollo 17, the last mission to the moon, returns to Earth. ... 
after launch, grounding the shuttle fleet for more than two years. [DOC] [TLE] probe - How many extraterrestrial bodies have hosted a "lander ... [PAR] Jul 16, 2015 ... The first successful soft landing was made by the Soviet Union's Luna 9 mission 
... This was the first successful robotic mission that returned a sample ... It landed 
on 21 February 1972 and returned to Earth on 25 February 1972 ... and 
continued to transmit information for more than an hour before it perished... [DOC] [TLE] SP 200 Early Earth Exploration [PAR] The first exploration spacecraft orbited the Earth in an attempt to measure the ..... 
The seven Surveyor spacecraft were designed to descend then soft-land on the 
lunar ... Surveyor 2 launched 20 September, 1966 crash landed on the Moon due 
to ..... 14 February, 1972 was second successful soil sample mission, returning... [DOC] [TLE] Illusory Apollo - AULIS Online  Different Thinking [PAR] However, Soviet Zond 3 spacecraft photographed one-third of the previously ... 
February 3 the Soviet Luna 9 probe made the first historic soft landing on the 
Moon. ... Then NASA wrapped up its Apollo program even though there were 
three ... Three

Question: In February 1972 a Soviet spacecraft soft-landed here & then returned rock samples to the Earth
Answer: Moon