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Luna21-Video03.jpgThe floor of LeMonnier Crater (video frames) - (3)82 visitenessun commento
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Luna21-Horz12-1.jpgRover tracks and the far distant walls of LeMonnier Crater103 visitenessun commento
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Zond-06-02.jpgRising Earth, from ZOND-689 visiteZond-6 was launched on a Lunar Fly-By mission from a parent satellite (68-101B) in Earth parking orbit. The spacecraft, which carried scientific probes (including cosmic-ray and micrometeoroid detectors, photography equipment and a biological payload), was a precursor to manned spaceflight.
Zond 6 flew around the Moon on November 14, 1968, at a minimum distance of 2420 Km. Photographs of the Lunar Near and Far-Side were obtained with panchromatic film. Each photo was 12,70 by 17,78 cm. Some of the views allowed for stereo pictures.
The photos were taken from distances of approximately 11.000 and 3300 Km. Controlled reentry of the spacecraft occurred on November 17, 1968, and Zond-6 landed in a predetermined (and unknown) Region of the Soviet Union.
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Zond-05-01.jpgZOND-5 and the first Turtle, Wine-fly and Worm Astronauts!83 visiteZond-5 was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (68-076B) in Earth parking orbit to make scientific studies during a Lunar Fly-by and to return to Earth. En route to the Moon the main stellar attitude control optical surface became contaminated and was rendered unusable. Backup sensors were used to guide the spacecraft. On Sept. 18, 1968, the spacecraft flew around the Moon. The closest distance was 1.950 Km. High quality photographs of the Earth were taken at a distance of 90.000 Km.
A biological payload of turtles, wine flies, meal worms, plants, seeds, bacteria and other living matter was included in the flight. Additionally, according to the Russian Academy of Sciences, in the pilot's seat was a 175 cm tall, 70 kg mannequin containing radiation detectors. Returning to Earth another attitude control sensor failed, making the planned guided entry impossible and forcing the spacecraft controllers to use a direct ballistic entry. On Sept. 21, 1968, the reentry capsule entered the Earth's atmosphere, braked aerodynamically, and deployed parachutes at 7 km. The capsule splashed down in the backup area in the Indian Ocean at 32.63 degrees S, 65.55 degrees E and was successfully recovered, safely returning the biological payload. It was announced that the turtles (steppe tortoises) had lost about 10% of their body weight but remained active and showed no loss of appetite. The spacecraft was planned as a precursor to crewed lunar spacecraft. It represented the first successful Soviet circumlunar mission.
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Luna17-Horz33.jpgLunar Surface - and a very unusual boulder - from Luna 17 (2)144 visitenessun commento
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Luna17-Horz28c.jpgLunokhod-1 rolls inside a small crater (2)114 visitenessun commento
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Luna17-Horz27.jpgLunokhod-1 rolls inside a small crater (1)117 visiteLe tracce lasciate dal Rover Sovietico Lunokhod-1 sono chiare: il piccolo robot è riuscito non solo a giungere sul bordo del piccolo cratere senza nome che abbiamo visto nel frame precedente, ma ci è anche entrato dentro, senza particolari problemi.
Il Lunokhod-1 è entrato ed è uscito dal cratere e, probabilmente, è anche riuscito a prelevare campioni ed a fare esperimenti: non c'è male per una tecnologia bistrattata come quella della fu-Unione Sovietica.
Una tecnologia, per giunta, vecchia di 36 anni...
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Luna17-Horz03-b.jpgThe "Tracks" - again - of Lunokhod-1180 visiteLuna 17 was launched from an Earth parking orbit towards the Moon and entered lunar orbit on November 15, 1970. The spacecraft soft landed on the Moon in the Sea of Rains. The spacecraft had dual ramps by which the payload, Lunokhod-1, descended to the Lunar Surface. Lunokhod-1 was a lunar vehicle formed of a tub-like compartment with a large convex lid on eight independently powered wheels. Lunokhod-1 was equipped with a cone-shaped antenna, a highly directional helical antenna, 4 tv cameras and special extendable device to impact the lunar soil for soil density and mechanical property tests. An X-Ray spectrometer, an X-Ray telescope, cosmic-ray detectors and a laser device were also included. The vehicle was powered by a solar cell array mounted on the underside of the lid. Lunokhod-1 was intended to operate through 3 Lunar Days but actually operated for 11! The operations of Lunokhod-1 officially ceased on October, 4, 1971, the anniversary of Sputnik 1. Lunokhod1- traveled 10,54 Km and transmitted more than 20,000 TV pictures and more than 200 TV panoramas. It had also conducted more than 500 lunar soil tests.
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Luna17-Horz03-a.jpgThe "Nest" of Lunokhod-1223 visitenessun commento
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Luna21-Photomosaic-001b.jpgLunar Panorama: disturbed soil and Rover Tracks65 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Luna17-Horz32b.jpgLunar Surface from Luna 17 (1)119 visitenessun commento
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Luna17-Horz15.jpgUnknown Crater146 visiteUn altro cratere senza nome e dalle dimensioni ignote si apre davanti alle telecamere del Lunokhod-1.
Non possiamo esserne certi e la mancanza di punti di riferimento sicuri non ci aiuta; tuttavia, a giudicare da alcuni dei frames che seguono, ci sentiamo di dire che questo cratere venne (probabilmente) esplorato dal Rover il quale riuscì anche a scendere al suo interno: un'operazione - si noti - anche se il cratere è piccolo e poco profondo, per nulla semplice.
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