Luna programme became the first probe to achieve a soft landing on another planetary body. It returned five black and white stereoscopic circular panoramas, which were the first close-up shots of the Lunar surface. "Luna 10" (March 1966) became the first artificial satellite of the Moon. "Luna 17" (November 1970) and "Luna 21" (January 1973) carried the Lunokhod vehicles, which roamed around on the Moon's terrain. Another major achievement of the Luna programme, with "Luna 16" (September 1970), "Luna 20" (February 1972) and "Luna 24" (August 1976), was the ability to collect samples of lunar soil and return them to Earth. The
Luis Alberto Luna Tobar Luis Alberto Luna Tobar Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, (December 15, 1923 – February 7, 2017) was an Ecuadorian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Luna Tobar was born in Quito, Ecuador, and was ordained a priest on June 23, 1946, from the Roman Catholic religious order of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. Luna Tobar was appointed auxiliary archbishop of Archdiocese of Quito as well as titular bishop of Mulli on August 17, 1977, and was ordained bishop on September 18, 1977, by Cardinal Pablo Muñoz Vega. Luna Tobar was appointed archbishop of Vicar Apostolic of Cuenca on May 7, 1981,