Lot 9
FIRST ROBOTIC PROBE TO LAND ON THE MOON LUNA 16 MODEL
20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
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FIRST ROBOTIC PROBE TO LAND ON THE MOON
LUNA 16 MODEL
Metal, plastic & resin 1:18 scale model, unknown Russian manufacturer, ca. 1980.
The Luna Program was a series of unmanned, robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union from 1959 to 1976. Luna 16 was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample of lunar soil to Earth in September, 1970. The probe was launched by the Proton-K/D rocket and is portrayed in this model in its complete configuration after its descent to the Moon's surface. The top section of the probe would disconnect during the ascent stage before its return to earth, leaving the lower section on the Moon's surface to continue transmission of lunar temperature and radiation data.
Metal, plastic & resin 1:18 scale model, unknown Russian manufacturer, ca. 1980.
The Luna Program was a series of unmanned, robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union from 1959 to 1976. Luna 16 was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample of lunar soil to Earth in September, 1970. The probe was launched by the Proton-K/D rocket and is portrayed in this model in its complete configuration after its descent to the Moon's surface. The top section of the probe would disconnect during the ascent stage before its return to earth, leaving the lower section on the Moon's surface to continue transmission of lunar temperature and radiation data.