<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> space mission <i id="mwARs"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_21" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luna 21">Luna 21</a></i> is launched.<sup about="#mwt180" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-34"}}' id="cite_ref-34" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_8#cite_note-34" id="mwAR0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 34;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAR4">[34]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-34"><cite about="#mwt177" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFShabad1973">Shabad, Theodore (17 January 1973). <a class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/17/archives/soviet-luna-21-lands-on-moon-delivering-lunokhod-2-craft-for.html" id="mwCbc" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Soviet Luna 21 Lands on Moon, Delivering Lunokhod 2 Craft for Exploration"</a>. <i id="mwCbg">The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCbk">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCbo">8 January</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt177" class="Z3988" id="mwCbs" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&amp;rft.atitle=Soviet+Luna+21+Lands+on+Moon%2C+Delivering+Lunokhod+2+Craft+for+Exploration&amp;rft.date=1973-01-17&amp;rft.aulast=Shabad&amp;rft.aufirst=Theodore&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1973%2F01%2F17%2Farchives%2Fsoviet-luna-21-lands-on-moon-delivering-lunokhod-2-craft-for.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+8"></span></span>