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In the News (Wed 11 Nov 09)

  
  Luna E-6S
The Luna 10 robot orbiter has successfully entered moon orbit, conducted two radio communications sessions, including broadcast back to the earth of the "International", the Socialist hymn, to the 23rd Party Congress.
The Luna 10 spacecraft was launched towards the Moon from an Earth orbiting platform.
Luna 10 was battery powered and operated for 460 lunar orbits and 219 active data transmissions before radio signals were discontinued on May 30, 1966.
www.astronautix.com /craft/lunae6s.htm   (697 words)

  
 Luna
Lunas were the first manmade objects to reach escape velocity, crash into the Moon, photograph the Moon’s farside, soft land on the Moon, automatically return lunar surface material to Earth, and deploy a rover on the Moon’s surface.
Luna 3 was launched on a figure-eight trajectory bringing it within 6,200 km of the Moon and around the farside, which was sunlit at the time.
Luna 16 landed safely on the Moon on Sep. 20, 1970 on the Sea of Fertility and deployed an extendable arm with a drilling rig to collect 100 g of soil and rock.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/L/Luna.html   (1698 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Luna program   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Luna program (Lunik) was a series of 24 unmanned space missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976.
Luna 1 missed its intended impact with the Moon and became the first spacecraft to fall into orbit around the Sun.
Luna 3 orbited the Moon later that year, and returned the first photographs of its far side, which can never be seen from Earth.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/lu/Luna_program   (392 words)

  
 Luna
Luna 13 - Korolev / Lavochkin E-6M spacecraft as flown on Luna 13 with soil probe.
Luna 12 was launched towards the Moon from an earth-orbiting platform and achieved a lunar orbit of of 100 km x 1740 km on October 25, 1966.
Luna 16 was launched toward the Moon from a preliminary earth orbit and entered a lunar orbit on September 17, 1970.
www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/project/luna.htm   (3403 words)

  
 * Luna - (Astronomy): Definition
Luna 17 was launched from an earth parking orbit towards the Moon and entered lunar orbit on November 15, 1970.
Luna 10 was launched on 31 March 1966 and Luna 12 on 22 October 1966.
Luna 1 or Mechta (meaning "dream" in Russian) was a sphere-shaped spacecraft that was the first to orbit the moon.
en.mimi.hu /astronomy/luna.html   (417 words)

  
 LUNA 10 : Encyclopedia Entry
Luna 10 (E-6S series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 10.
After a midcourse correction on 1 April, Luna 10, the second of two hastily prepared Soviet Ye-6S probes (that is, the backup), successfully entered lunar orbit two days later at 18:44 UT, thus becoming the first humanmade object to go into orbit around another planetary body.
Luna 10 conducted extensive research in lunar orbit, gathering important data on the weakness of the Moon’s magnetic field, its radiation belts, and the nature of lunar rocks (which were found to be comparable to terrestrial basalt rocks), cosmic radiation, and micrometeoroid density.
www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Luna_10   (417 words)

  
 The Luna 10 & 12 satellites
Luna 10 was launched on 31 March 1966 and Luna 12 on 22 October 1966.
However, the Luna 10 and 12 spacecraft both measured the cosmic gamma-ray background during their flight to the moon.
The detector aboard Luna 10 was housed inside the satellite and that of Luna 12 was outside.
heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/heasarc/missions/luna1012.html   (242 words)

  
 Luna Mission Summaries
The Luna 13 spacecraft was launched toward the Moon from an earth-orbiting platform and accomplished a soft landing on December 24, 1966, in the region of Oceanus Procellarum.
The spacecraft instrumentation was similar to that of Luna 10 and provided data for studies of the interaction of the earth and lunar masses, the lunar gravitational field, the propagation and stability of radio communications to the spacecraft at different orbital positions, solar charged particles and cosmic rays, and the motion of the Moon.
Luna 20 was launched from the lunar surface on February 22, 1972, and landed in the Soviet Union on February 25, 1972.
astro.if.ufrgs.br /solar/lunall.htm   (2492 words)

  
 Luna 10 - Definition, explanation
The Luna 10 spacecraft was launched towards the Moon from an Earth orbiting platform on March 31, 1966.
After a midcourse correction on 1 April, Luna 10, the second of two hastily prepared Soviet Ye-6S probes (that is, the backup), successfully entered lunar orbit two days later at 18:44 UT, thus becoming the first humanmade object to go into orbit around another planetary body.
Luna 10 conducted extensive research in lunar orbit, gathering important data on the weakness of the Moon’s magnetic field, its radiation belts, and the nature of lunar rocks (which were found to be comparable to terrestrial basalt rocks), cosmic radiation, and micrometeoroid density.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/l/lu/luna_10.php   (582 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Luna 10 (E-6S series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 10.
After a midcourse correction on 1 April, Luna 10, the second of two hastily prepared Soviet Ye-6S probes (that is, the backup), successfully entered lunar orbit two days later at 18:44 UT, thus becoming the first humanmade object to go into orbit around another planetary body.
Luna 10 conducted extensive research in lunar orbit, gathering important data on the weakness of the Moon's magnetic field, its radiation belts, and the nature of lunar rocks (which were found to be comparable to terrestrial basalt rocks), cosmic radiation, and micrometeoroid density.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Luna_10   (402 words)

  
 LUNA Bars, 15 bars
LUNA was created to help women get more of the nutrients often lacking in their meal plans.
Soy-coated LUNA bars contain a small amount (2-3 grams) of saturated fat from FPKO, which in moderation fits into a healthy diet and is not a source of trans fats.
LUNA is equal in carbs, fat and protein to approximately 2.5 graham cracker squares with a tablespoon of peanut butter.
www.musclemaster.net /lunabars.html   (1426 words)

  
 'Zarya' - Soviet Lunar Exploration   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Luna 7's retro-rocket fires early and after it shuts down, the spacecraft gathers speed and is destroyed as it crashes onto the Moon near 9 degrees north, 40 degrees west in the Oceanus Procellarum
Luna 10's instrumented payload compartment separates from the flight vehicle and begins its mission to study gamma-radiation, electric and magnetic fields, micro-meteoroids, the solar wind, infrared emissions from the Moon itself, and radiation conditions in the lunar environment
Luna 10 transmits a sythesised rendering of the song "Internationale" - it is relayed to the Congress of the Communist party of the Soviet Union where it is played to the delegates
www.zarya.info /Diaries/Luna/Proof.htm   (2061 words)

  
 LUNA Bars
LUNA was created to help women get more of the nutrients often lacking in their meal plans.
Soy-coated LUNA bars contain a small amount (2-3 grams) of saturated fat from FPKO, which in moderation fits into a healthy diet and is not a source of trans fats.
LUNA is equal in carbs, fat and protein to approximately 2.5 graham cracker squares with a tablespoon of peanut butter.
www.vitaminbungalow.com /pd_luna.cfm   (1388 words)

  
 Luna 10: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
Luna 10 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 10.
The Luna 10 spacecraft was launched towards the Moon from an Earth orbiting platform on March 31, 1966.
The spacecraft entered lunar orbit on April 3, 1966 and completed its first orbit 3 hours later (on April 4, Moscow time).
www.encyclopedian.com /lu/Luna-10.html   (175 words)

  
 MAANISCH | DIALOG van Luna
Luna: (2:30 PM) nee, ik was niet geil...
Luna’s nieuwe poes (zie foto) zal je dankbaar zijn.
In mijn halfslaap ram ik de wekker om de 10 minuten uit en pas om 9.00 meld ik aan P. dat hij te laat komt op z’n werk.
www.maanisch.com /archives/archive_2002-m01.php   (4992 words)

  
 Virtual Luna Leopold
On February 23, 2006, Luna Leopold died at the age of 90.
Luna was a vital force, a man of extraordinary creativity and originality, whose passion about science and the natural world permeated all he did.
Leopold, Luna B., 1960, Water and the Arid Zone of the United States, Paris, in UNESCO Symposium on Arid Zone Research Proceedings, The Problems of the Arid Zone, v.18, p.395-399.
eps.berkeley.edu /people/lunaleopold   (4842 words)

  
 Luna10   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The complete Luna 10 spacecraft poses here prior to being mated to its carrier rocket and being despatched to the Moon.
Minutes after Luna 10 went into orbit around the Moon, the lunar satellite separated, went into its own orbit close to that of the parent craft, and began to operate in its own right.
Luna 10 is probably no longer in orbit - the lunar gravitational pull over the Mare areas is greater than over the mountains.
www.zarya.info /Diaries/Luna/Luna10.htm   (194 words)

  
 El viaje a la Luna (10/06/96)
Una vez en la vecindad de la Luna, el módulo de comando entraba en órbita (lo que en lenguaje menos técnico corresponde a girar alrededor del astro) y, después de separarse del módulo de comando, el módulo lunar se posaba en la superficie lunar.
El Apolo 10, que también entró en órbita lunar, fué un ensayo general de la histórica misión Apolo 11 en la que Armstrong y Aldrin caminaron en la Luna y trajeron la primera muestra de rocas lunares.
Muchos astrónomos desearían tener un telescopio en la Luna -que sería controlado desde la Tierra- pero ninguno de ellos se ofrece a ir a instalarlo.
www.inaoep.mx /~rincon/viaje_luna.html   (704 words)

  
 Glide Magazine Reviews - Luna 10/20/2004
Luna and their fans are no longer the young hipsters in fitted vintage shirts that smoke cigarettes they just rolled and quote Nietzsche and buy Lou Reed records (not just the greatest hits).
She said something to the effect of knowing that we were all huddled close to the stage in an effort to stake our claim to a nice spot- not to hear Palomar, but because Luna would be up shortly.
The room was over-sold and when the doors were closed to keep out the cold (and the ticketless revelers that wanted to listen and peek from the street) we baked in the heat and thick humidity.
www.glidemagazine.com /index.php?task=Articles&id=46729§ion=94&issue=1   (825 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The first man-made object to reach the Moon was the unmanned Soviet probe Luna 2, which made a hard landing on September 14, 1959, at 21:02:24 Z. The far side of the Moon was first photographed on October 7, 1959 by the Soviet probe Luna 3.
Luna 9 was the first probe to soft land on the Moon and transmit pictures from the Lunar surface on February 3, 1966.
The first artificial satellite of the Moon was the Soviet probe Luna 10 (launched March 31, 1966).
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Exploration_of_the_Moon   (1016 words)

  
 La Cabeza Drilling | Exeter Resource
The discovery of significant new gold mineralisation adjacent to the existing Luna prospect was a combination of a RAB drilling discovery to the south of Luna and a re-appraisal of outcrops west and southwest of Luna.
The presence of gold mineralization under sand cover in the previously-unexplored area south of the Luna prospect was first recognized by shallow RAB drilling, in an area approximately 200 meters southeast of the initial discovery that intersected similar quartz veining, with a maximum assay of 8.2 g/t gold.
Structurally, the new area of the Luna Zone is interpreted as consisting of two northwest striking veins that dip 45-50 degrees to the southwest.
www.exeterresource.com /la_cabeza_drilling_luna.php   (713 words)

  
 Luna Imaging, Inc. | Content through Community Referral Program
With your help, we'll prove that Luna's Insight software can serve as the catalyst for the creation of more visual collections that can be shared by the research and education community.
Luna guarantees it will not share or sell the information provided as part of this referral program.
* Luna's 10 percent "referral discount" program and "experimental" pricing are limited to qualified museums and research and education institutions and defined by Luna Imaging, Inc. Academic Pricing Program.
www.lunaimaging.com /community/referral.html   (316 words)

  
 Radio systems of the Luna 4-14 series of spacecraft
The frequency of the landing radar for Luna 9 and 13 was 3.2 cm, i.e.
There are two pictures of mock-ups of the Luna 10 orbiter and the four hemispherical antennas around the "waist" of the orbiter look different in the two pictures.
On pictures of the Luna 12 and 14 craft a conical helix is clearly visible which in all certainty is the antenna for the 922 MHz downlink and the 768 MHz uplink.
www.svengrahn.pp.se /radioind/lunaradi/luna414.htm   (605 words)

  
 :: lunabase luna news 10 ::
the original ducati ht coils as fitted to most 75cc lunas earth themselves through the coil mounting bracket that is then bolted to the frame via the junction box retaining bolts/nuts.
in the case of a standard luna 50cc model the coil is mounted on the cylinder cowling and the coil earths through its bracket and onto the cowling.
most luna ignition faults are not caused by the stator plate/flywheel (as long as the flywheel has a good charge) but are caused by owner lack of knowledge or general neglect - keep the earths clean and you should have hundreds of miles of trouble free motoring.
www.lunabase.co.uk /lunanews10.php   (1203 words)

  
 portland imc - 2006.10.28 - some english translations of Radio APPO updates
(08:49:37) luna: sw, this is mexico, the land of the zapatistas and others.
(09:37:32) luna: the death caraban is moving in...
luna: but she thinks they are not supporters but cops
portland.indymedia.org /en/2006/10/348204.shtml   (2226 words)

  
 Moon Missions - Luna Missions
Luna 10 - Mar 31, 1966 - Orbiter
Luna 15 - Jul 13, 1969 - Orbiter
Luna 19 - Sep 28, 1971 - Orbiter
www.aerospaceguide.net /spacecraft/luna.html   (596 words)

  
 La Luna
La Luna es un cuerpo sólido de forma esférica, con un diámetro de unos 3.400 km (que corresponde a una cuarta parte del diámetro terrestre), y con una densidad similar a la de las capas externas de la corteza de la Tierra.
Objetivamente, el color de la Luna es de un amarillo oscuro, similar al de la arena húmeda; el hecho de que la veamos a simple vista tan clara y brillante, se debe sólo al contraste de su brillo con el fondo oscuro del cielo que la rodea.
Como consecuencia de ello, la Luna presenta siempre la misma porción de superficie mirando a la Tierra, de tal manera que la otra cara permanece permanentemente invisible para un observador en cualquier lugar de la Tierra.
www.astronomiamoderna.com.ar /LaLuna.html   (1031 words)

  
 Luna 10
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"Lunik 10" NSSDC ID: 66-027A Description: The Luna 10 spacecraft was launched towards the Moon from an Earth orbiting platform.
Luna 10 was battery powered and operated for 460 lunar orbits and 219 active data trans- missions before radio signals were discontinued on May 30, 1966.
lunar.arc.nasa.gov /history/timeline/info/luna1001.htm   (208 words)

  
 Luna 10
A Luna 10 foi lançada em direcção à Lua de uma plataforma em órbita terrestre.
A Luna 10 era alimentada por energia de baterias e operou durante 460 órbitas lunares e efectuou 219 transmissões de dados antes de os sinais de rádio serem descontinuados em 30 de Maio de 1966.
A Luna 10 mediu o campo magnético da Lua intermitentemente durante 2 meses.
www.solarviews.org /portug/luna10.htm   (316 words)

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