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Luna

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Luna

In Roman mythology, the goddess of the moon.

Luna

Series of 24 crewless Soviet probes launched towards the Moon between 1959 and 1976. Luna 1 missed the Moon in January 1959. Luna 2 was the first object from Earth to hit the Moon, in September 1959. Luna 3 passed behind the Moon a month later, and took the first pictures of the Moon's far side. Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, in February 1966, transmitting photographs of the surface to the Earth. Luna 10 was the first craft to orbit the Moon. Luna 17 (November 1970) and Luna 21 (January 1973) landed Lunokhod roving vehicles, which were driven over the Moon's surface by remote control from Earth. Luna 16 (September 1970), Luna 20 (February 1972), and Luna 24 (August 1976) returned soil samples to Earth.
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Ice-cream soda and buck-wheat cakes, and a happy evening at lovely Luna Park.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
It was a moonlight night-- mild Luna shedding a balmy light on surrounding objects, and, if possible, rendering my heart more sensitive than ever.
Imagination and Heart by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Then, regardless of cover, regardless of the Asiatic airship hovering like a huge house roof without walls above the Suspension Bridge, he sprinted along towards the north and came out for the first time upon that rocky point by Luna Island that looks sheer down upon the American Fall.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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