Editing Lunokhod programme (section)

===''Lunokhod 1''===
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[[File:FP2A3576 (23497689198).jpg|thumb|Lunokhod 1 model in the Museum of Cosmonautics (Moscow)]]
[[Image:USSR Lunokhod 1 (6586684979) (6).jpg|thumb|First photo made by Lunokhod 1 on Moon surface]]

After the destruction of the original Lunokhod, Soviet engineers began work immediately on another lunar vehicle.  ''[[Lunokhod 1]]'' (vehicle 8ЕЛ№203) was the first of two uncrewed lunar rovers successfully landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of its Lunokhod programme. The spacecraft which carried ''Lunokhod 1'' was named ''[[Luna 17]]''. ''Lunokhod 1'' was the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world.

''Luna 17'' was launched on November 10, 1970 at 14:44:01 UTC. After reaching Earth [[parking orbit]], the final stage of ''Luna 17''{{'}}s launching rocket fired to place it into a trajectory towards the Moon (November 10, 1970 at 14:54 UTC). After two course correction manoeuvres (on November 12 and 14) it entered lunar orbit on November 15, 1970 at 22:00 UTC.

The spacecraft soft-landed on the Moon in the [[Mare Imbrium|Sea of Rains]] on November 17, 1970 at 03:47 UTC. The lander had dual ramps from which the payload, ''Lunokhod 1'', could descend to the surface. At 06:28 UT the rover moved down the ramps and onto the Moon.

The rover's payload included cameras (two television and four panoramic telephotometers), a RIFMA [[X-ray spectrometer|X-ray fluorescence spectrometer]], an RT-1 [[X-ray telescope]], a PrOP odometer/penetrometer, a RV-2N radiation detector, and a TL laser retroreflector.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Depth {{!}} Luna 17 |url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/luna-17/in-depth |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=NASA Solar System Exploration |archive-date=2022-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629221716/https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/luna-17/in-depth/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

An urban legend was spread among the Soviet Union that the Lunokhod rover was driven by a “[[KGB]] Dwarf”,<ref>{{Cite web |title=KGB Dwarf |url=http://www.astronautix.com/k/kgbdwarf.html |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> however it was never explained how supplies were stored to keep them alive for an 11-month mission.