# Lunokhod 1 (1970)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1970-lunokhod-1
Categories: main-event

Lunokhod 1, the first remote-controlled rover on another world, landed on the Moon aboard Luna 17 and operated for ten months. Solzhenitsyn received the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year. In April 1971 the USSR launched Salyut 1, the first space station. Soviet robotic exploration achieved major firsts.

## Why it matters
Soviet robotic exploration achieved major firsts.

Ruler at the time: [Leonid Brezhnev](https://history-russia.com/rulers/leonid-brezhnev)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Lunokhod 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunokhod_1)
- [Wikipedia — Salyut 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_1)
- [Wikipedia — Era of Stagnation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_of_Stagnation)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Lunokhod 1](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Lunokhod+1)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)