Luna 17 on the Moon (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Luna 17 on the Moon

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Luna 17, the Soviet Union spacecraft that carried the Lunokhod 1 rover to the surface. You can make out the rover tracks around the lander. This is LROC NAC image M175502049RE.

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