Luna 21 – Retroreflector: Lunokhod 2 Rover

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Location – Retroreflector: Lunokhod 2 Rover

The Lunokhod Rover 2 landed on the Moon in 1973, operated for four months, and travelled a total of 39 kilometres. This is an impressive distance and was a record until 2004, when NASA’s rover Opportunity landed on Mars. For more information visit Lunokhod 2 on Wikipedia or NASA’s Lunokhod 02 page.

Roscosmos was the operator.

Source: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/lunokhod-02/in-depth/

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