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Luna 12 (E-6LF series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program also called Lunik 12.Luna 12 was launched towards the Moon from an Earth-orbiting platform and achieved lunar orbit on October 25 1966. The spacecraft was equipped with a television system that obtained and transmitted photographs of the lunar surface. The photographs contained 1100 scan lines with a maximum resolution of 14.9-19.8 m. Pictures of the lunar surface were returned on October 27 1966.