Luna programme
Space exploration
The Luna programme, occasionally called Lunik by western media, was a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976. Wikipedia
First flight: May 9, 1965
Last flight: August 9, 1976
Start date: September 23, 1958
Failures: 28
Successes: 15
Missions: Luna 16, Luna 9, Luna 24, and more