Editing Moon (section)

=== Moon Treaty and explorational absence (1976–1990) ===
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Following the [[Luna 24|last Soviet mission to the Moon]] of 1976, there was little further lunar exploration for fourteen years. Astronautics had shifted its focus towards the exploration of the [[inner Solar System|inner]] (e.g. [[Venera program]]) and [[outer Solar System|outer]] (e.g. [[Pioneer 10]], 1972) [[Solar System]] [[planet]]s, but also towards [[Geocentric orbit|Earth orbit]], developing and continuously operating, beside [[communication satellite]]s, [[Earth observation satellite]]s (e.g. [[Landsat program]], 1972), [[space telescope]]s and particularly [[space station]]s (e.g. [[Salyut program]], 1971).

Negotiation in 1979 of [[Moon treaty]], and its subsequent ratification in 1984 was the only major activity regarding the Moon until 1990.