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1973 Russia 6 k 

Lunokhod 2 roving over the lunar surface. It was carried to the surface aboard the Luna 21 lander. A star on the chart of the Moon behind marks its landing position. 

SG 4159

1973 Russia 20 k x 3 

A pair of sheets each with three stamps depicting the trajectory of Luna 21 to the Moon, Lunokhod 2 on the surface, and an engineer driving it by remote control from Earth. The designs of the two sheets are identical; the only difference is their colour.   

SG MS4160, MS4161

1976 Russia 10 k 

Luna 24 sample-return mission on the Moon, with commemorative pennant carried by the craft. This was Russia’s last Moon mission to date. 

SG 4597 

1978 Cuba 2 c 

Luna 24, the final lunar sample-return mission, with its drill arm in the foreground extracting a core of soil. 

SG 2444 

1978 Cuba 30 c 

Russia’s second lunar rover, Lunokhod 2, exploring the surface after it was delivered by the Luna 21 lander in January 1973. 

SG 2448

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