the zond 8 mission is the first mission
of the soviet union where they landed
on the lunar surface
the mission went like this
firstly a ur 500 rocket launched an lk
lunar lander into leo
then another launch of the ur 500
laucnhed a translunar stage
after docking the lk with the stage
the spacecraft is off to lunar orbit
then the last ur 500 will carry
a zond spacecraft with 2 people
the zond spacecraft will arrive at the moon
and 1 cosmonaut will transfer
to the lk lander and land on the moon
after exploration had been complete
he will take off meet with the zond
transfer to the craft and the 2 man will
go back to the earth