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Luna 2 would be the Soviet Union's sixth attempt to impact the Moon. [15] It was the second of the Ye-1a series, modified to carry a heavier payload of 156 kilograms (344 lb) [16] and had a combined mass of 390.2 kilograms (860 lb). [17] Luna 2 was similar in design to Luna 1, [18] a spherical space probe with protruding antennas and ...
Luna 21 lander that delivered the second soviet robotic lunar rover Lunokhod - 2 to the Moon as seen from orbit by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in March, 2010. On January 15, 1973, after 40 orbits, the descent of the craft was commenced as the braking rocket was fired at 16 km (9.9 mi) altitude, and the craft began to de-orbit. At an altitude ...
The Luna programme (from the Russian word Луна "Luna" meaning "Moon"), occasionally called Lunik by western media, [1] was a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976.
Lunokhod 2 continues to be detected by lunar laser ranging experiments and its position is known to sub-metre accuracy. Ownership of Lunokhod 2 and the Luna 21 lander was sold by the Lavochkin Association for US$68,500 in December 1993 at a Sotheby's auction in New York [30] (although the catalogue incorrectly lists lot 68A as Luna 17/Lunokhod ...
Luna 2 (E-1A No.2) Luna 2: 12 September 1959: Luna: OKB-1: Impactor: Success Successful impact at 21:02 on 14 September 1959. First spacecraft to impact the lunar surface. [13] This made the Soviet Union the 1st country to impact the surface of the Moon. 12: Luna 3 (E-2A No.1) Luna 3: 4 October 1959: Luna: OKB-1: Flyby: Success
Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to leave the gravitational influence of Earth. Also in 1959, Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another celestial body, impacting the Moon, and Luna 3 returned the first images of the far side of the Moon.
With the production of over 36,000 units during WWII, the Soviet Union’s Ilyushin Il-2 bomber became the most-manufactured aircraft of the war. The bomber played a crucial role in stopping the ...
The locations of lunar retroreflectors left by Apollo (A) and Luna (L) missions. Retroreflectors are devices which reflect light back to its source. Six were left at six sites on the Moon by three crews of the Apollo program, two by remote landers of the Lunokhod program, and one by the Chandrayaan program. [1]