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  Luna programme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Luna programme was a series of 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 rounded the Moon later that year, and returned the first photographs of its far side, which can never be seen from Earth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Luna_program   (628 words)

  
 Planetary Society: History of Moon Missions
Luna 13 bounced to a landing on the lunar surface on Dec. 24, 1966, coming to a rest in the Oceans of Storms between the craters Selencus and Craft.
Luna 17 softlanded on the Moon in the Sea of Rains on November 15, 1970.
Luna 24 softlanded in the Sea of Crises on Aug. 18, 1976.
www.planetary.org /learn/missions/moonmissions.html   (3825 words)

  
 Society Fresh : Article 'Luna 12'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Luna 12 was launched towards the Moon from an Earth-orbiting platform and achieved lunar orbit on October 25, 1966.
Luna 12 was launched to complete the mission that Luna 11 had failed to accomplish—take high-resolution photos of the Moonýs surface from lunar orbit.
Luna program sample return mission; mass listed is for both ascent and descent stages, though only the descent stage was left on the moon Lander and rover weighed 1814 kg; the rest assumed to have decayed in orbit and impacted the moon Was ejected into lunar orbit in 1990, assumed to have decayed from orbit.
www.society-fresh.net /DisplayArticle626982.html   (1203 words)

  
 Space Today Online -- Lunar and Planetary Exploration Timeline
Luna 12 - 22 Oct 1966 - Lunar Orbiter
Luna 19 - 28 Sep 1971 - Lunar Orbiter
Luna 22 - 2 Jun 1974 - Lunar Orbiter
www.spacetoday.org /History/ExplorationTimeline.html   (2469 words)

  
 Timeline of planetary exploration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Luna 13 - 21 December 1966 - Lunar Lander
Luna 19 - 28 September 1971 - Lunar Orbiter
Luna 22 - 2 June 1974 - Lunar Orbiter
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Timeline_of_planetary_exploration.html   (2835 words)

  
 Timeline of solar system exploration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luna 1958A - 23 September 1958 - Attempted Lunar Impact?
Luna 1959A - 16 June 1959 - Attempted Lunar Impact?
Luna 1969A - 19 February 1969 - Attempted Lunar Rover?
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timeline_of_planetary_exploration   (2506 words)

  
 Business Software Review : Article 'Lunokhod 1'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Lunokhod.jpg Lunokhod series Soviet Moon exploration robot vehicle Lunokhod (Russian for "Moon walker") 1 and 2 were a pair of unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union.
This complemented the Luna series of missions that were intended to be sample return missions and orbiters.
The Lunokhod was not left in a position such that the laser retroreflector could be used indicating that the failure may have happened suddenly.
www.business-software-review.org /DisplayArticle63959.html   (1363 words)

  
 Space Exploration
Luna 1963B - 2 Feb 1963 - Attempted Lunar Lander
Luna 1964A - 21 Mar 1964 - Attempted Lunar Lander
Luna 1968A - 7 Feb 1968 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter
library.thinkquest.org /27463/timeline.htm   (2004 words)

  
 To the Moon: Our Journeys to Luna (and Back) - A Timeline of Lunar Exploration
First Manmade object to touch the Moon: The USSR's Luna 2 impacted the Moon at roughly 6,500 mph on Sep 13th, 1959.
It carried radio equipment and Russian Emblems and Ribbons, which were explosively dispersed across the Lunar surface on impact.
Luna 3 carried a camera, 40 frames of 35mm film, several lenses, a film-developing apparatus, an electronic scanner and image transmitter.
www.kokogiak.com /luna/default.asp   (838 words)

  
 Chronologie à l'heure Sollers - éléments biographiques   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Luna IX makes first soft landing on the Moon
Luna X becomes the first craft to orbit the Moon
Luna XVII deploys a robot on Moon surface
www.pileface.com /sollers/chronologie.php3   (438 words)

  
 Home Fresh : Article 'ExoMars'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Already-launched missions in italics have not yet achieved success or failure.
Venera 1965A - 23 November 1965 - Attempted Venus Flyby (Launch Failure) Luna 8 - 3 December 1965 - Lunar Impact (Attempted Soft Landing?) 1966 Luna 9 - 31 January 1966 - 1st Lunar Lander Cosmos 111 - 1 March 1966 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter?
Luna 10 - 31 March 1966 - 1st Lunar Orbiter Luna 1966A - 30 April 1966 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter?
www.home-fresh.net /DisplayArticle583222.html   (627 words)

  
 Timeline of Planetary Exploration. Who is Timeline of Planetary Exploration? What is Timeline of Planetary Exploration? ...
Luna 1960A - 15 April 1960 - Attempted Lunar Flyby (Launch Failure)
Luna 1964A - 21 March 1964 - Attempted Lunar Lander (Launch Failure)
Zond 1964A - 4 June 1964 - Attempted Lunar Lander (Launch Failure)
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Timeline_of_Planetary_Exploration   (2431 words)

  
 Timeline of planetary exploration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Luna 1 - 2 January 1959 - Lunar Flyby (Attempted Lunar Impact?)
Luna 9 - 31 January 1966 - Lunar Lander
Luna 16 - 12 September 1970 - Lunar Sample Return
www.eurofreehost.com /ti/Timeline_of_planetary_exploration.html   (2384 words)

  
 Cronologia delle sonde spaziali lunari e planetarie
- 13 Luglio 1969 - Tentativo di sonda lunare (tentato atterraggio sulla Luna?)
- 7 Luglio 1988 - Tentativo di sonda attorno a Marte/Atterraggio sulla sua luna Phobos
- 12 Luglio 1988 - Sonda attorno a Marte/Tentativo di atterraggio sulla sua luna Phobos
www.astronautica.us /astronautica_cronologia_sonde.htm   (1909 words)

  
 Timeline of planetary exploration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Luna 2 - 12 September 1959 - Lunar Impact
Apollo 10 - 18 May 1969 - Crewed Lunar Orbiter
Luna 21 - 8 January 1973 - Lunar Rover
www.theezine.net /t/timeline-of-planetary-exploration.html   (2352 words)

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