Luna 17 (Ye-8 series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 17. It deployed the first robotic rover onto the surface of the Moon. Luna 17 was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on 10 November 1970. A Proton K launch vehicle brought the spacecraft to a parking orbit around the Earth. The upper stage of the launch vehicle then sent the spacecraft through trans-lunar injection. Luna 17 inserted into orbit around the Moon on 15 November. The spacecraft softly landed in Mare Imbrium (the Sea of Rains) on 17 November 1970. The spacecraft had dual ramps by which the payload, Lunokhod 1, descended to the lunar surface.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_17. Original timeline Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunokhod_1. Related NASA reference: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chronology.html#1970. Description adapted from Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).