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In the News (Sat 2 Jun 12)

  
  Moon
Its crust averages 68 km thick, is thinner on the near side, and varies from essentially zero thickness under Mare Crisium to a depth of 107 km north of the crater Korolev on the lunar farside.
An impact basin in the south polar region.
The largest and youngest of the giant impact basins on the nearside of the Moon.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/M/Moon.html   (1478 words)

  
 Luna
Luna 17 / Lunokhod have landed on the Sea of Storms on the moon.
After successfully entering earth orbit, flying to the moon, entering lunar orbit, and descending toward the surface, the spacecraft was damaged during landing in Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises).
The last of the Luna series of spacecraft, Luna 24 was the third Soviet mission to retrieve lunar ground samples (the first two were returned by Luna 16 and 20).
www.astronautix.com /project/luna.htm   (5527 words)

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