Luna 16: The Mission That (Finally) Could

Before there was a rover named Perseverance, there was a series of missions that earned that name in their own right. Hosted By: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/luna/ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/luna-16/in-depth/ https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiA5K3hmYXyAhWMUcAKHbzwAqMQFjAYegQIDRAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2F2076-3263%2F9%2F1%2F5%2Fpdf&usg=AOvVaw1qr4gF2ybrWt1ehvZmZVsM https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/beyond-earth-tagged.pdf https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1970-072A https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0012821X72901197 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0012821X72900994 https://geors.ru/media/pdf/10_Makeev_en.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10853-018-3101-y https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/geochemj/51/1/51_2.0462/_article/-char/ja/ https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/suco.201300088 IMAGES https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-names-companies-to-develop-human-landers-for-artemis-moon-missions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivine#/media/File:Lunar_Olivine_Basalt_15555_from_Apollo_15_in_National_Museum_of_Natural_History.jpg https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1970-072A https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Regolith#/media/File:AS11-40-5912_(21648742422).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-42_Moon_on_the_Earth%27s_atmosphere.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_programme#/media/File:Luna_Spacecraft_Sample_Collection.png https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/7-things-to-know-about-the-mars-2020-perseverance-rover-mission