relief image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, above it along the edge – the inscription in a semicircle: "RUSSIAN FEDERATION", framed on both sides with double diamonds, under the coat of arms: on the left – the designations of precious metal and alloy samples, on the right – the content of chemically pure metal and the trademark of the mint, at the bottom in the center in three lines – the inscription: "BANK OF RUSSIA", coin denomination: "3 RUBLES", year of issue: "2022".

relief image of the Lunokhod-1 self-propelled vehicle on the surface of the Moon against the background of color images of the Earth and the Sun; there is a relief inscription on the left along the circumference: "LUNOKHOD".

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On November 10, 1970, the Luna-17 automatic space station was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome using the Proton-K launch vehicle, which delivered the world's first self-propelled Lunokhod-1 spacecraft to the Moon. The first three stages of the carrier and the upper stage ensured the launch of the spacecraft on a flight path to the Moon. The launch to the Moon was carried out from an intermediate near-Earth orbit. The Luna-17 spacecraft was designed to deliver the Lunokhod-1 self-propelled vehicle to the surface of the Moon and conduct scientific research on the lunar surface. It was completely controlled from the Ground and was created at the S.A. Lavochkin Machine—Building Plant No. 301 (today it is the S.A. Lavochkin Scientific and Production Association, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation). After inspecting the landing site and deploying the ladders, the appropriate command was issued, and at 9:28 a.m., Lunokhod-1 moved down the ramp from the landing platform to the lunar soil. A new stage has begun in the study of the Earth's natural satellite by automatic devices. During the implementation of the work program, during 116 sessions of the movement, Lunokhod-1 passed a distance of 10540 meters, which made it possible to examine the lunar surface in detail on an area of 80,000 m2. The maximum speed was 2 km/h. During this time, 200 telephotometric panoramas and about 20 thousand images of small-frame television were transmitted to Earth. During the survey, stereoscopic images of the most interesting features of the relief were obtained, allowing for a detailed study of their structure.

Artists: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.A. Dolgopolova (reverse). Sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse, reverse).