Lunokhod (Moon walker) was the first unmanned lunar rover landed on the moon, launched in the Soviet Union on November 17th, 1970.  Lunokhod explored the Mars lmbrium for 11 months and travelled 10,540m transmitting more than 20,000 television pictures and more than 200 TV panoramas. It also conducted more than 500 lunar soil tests. Lunokhod was the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another planet.