Luna 22
Courtesy of NASA's National Space Science Data Center
Launch Date: 1974-05-29
Launch Site/Country: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R.
Launch Vehicle: Proton Booster Plus Upper Stage and Escape Stages
On-orbit dry mass: 4000.00 kg. (8,800 lbs.)
Description
The main objectives of the launch were investigations of the Moon and of the
circumlunar area.
Space History
Views of the Solar System Copyright © 1997 by
Calvin J. Hamilton. All rights reserved.
