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Lunokhod 2
Lunokhod 2 (, "moon walker") was the second of two unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of the Lunokhod programme.
The "Luna 21" spacecraft landed on the Moon and deployed the second Soviet lunar rover, "Lunokhod 2", in January 1973. The primary objectives of the mission were to collect images of the lunar surface, examine ambient light levels to determine the feasibility of astronomical observations from the Moon, perform laser ranging experiments from Earth,
experiment. Successful lunar laser range measurements to the retroreflectors were first reported by the 3.1 m telescope at Lick Observatory, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories Lunar Ranging Observatory in Arizona, the Pic du Midi Observatory in France, the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, and McDonald Observatory in Texas.
The uncrewed Soviet "Lunokhod 1" and "Lunokhod 2" rovers carried smaller arrays. Reflected signals were initially received from "Lunokhod 1", but no return signals were detected after 1971 until a team from University of California rediscovered the array