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| | 'Zarya' - Soviet Lunar Exploration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Lunokhod 1 is parked for its second lunar night, 1,370 metres away from Luna 17, and having travelled a further 1,522 metres and continued its programme of photography and soil measurements - its protective 'lid' is closed |
 | | Lunokhod 1 is parked for its fourth lunar night, having travelled a further 1,573 metres and continued its programme of photography and soil measurements and its protective 'lid' is closed - it has reached the end of its originally-planned life |
 | | Lunokhod 2 is officially declared "dead", having travelled a further 880 metres (it probably ceased to operate at least two weeks earlier, during the lunar day) - it has traveled a total of 37 kilometres and transmitted over 80,000 TV pictures and 86 TV panoramas, as well as conducting over 700 lunar soil tests |
| www.zarya.info /Diaries/Luna/Explore.htm (3697 words) |
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