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The landing occurred on January 15, 1973 at 23:35 UT in Le Monnier crater (25.85 degrees N, 30.45 degrees E). After landing the Lunokhod 2 took television images of the surrounding area, then rolled down a ramp to the surface at 01:14 UT on 1973-01-16. It then took pictures of the Luna 21 lander and landing site.
The name is also given to other Soviet/Russian spacecraft that are intended to—and do reach Earth orbit. — Venera 4: 4V-1 No.310: Atmospheric probe: 12 June 1967: 18 October 1967 — The first probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and return data. Although it did not transmit from the surface, this was the first interplanetary ...
Vostok 1 (Russian: Восток, lit. ' East ' or ' Orient ') was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to reach orbital velocity around the Earth and to complete a full orbit ...
Foton-M No.1 was an uncrewed space mission by the European Space Agency [citation needed] aboard a Russian Soyuz-U rocket that failed to launch successfully. The spacecraft's payload consisted of 44 experiments prepared by the European Space Agency, Fluidpac, BIOPAN-4, Telescience Support Unit, and others.
An explosion destroyed the spacecraft shortly after launch, killing both dogs, and the mission was not given a name. [17] The next mission, designated Korabl-Sputnik 2 , was launched on August 19, 1960, carrying two more dogs, Belka and Strelka , as well as a variety of other biological specimens such as mice, insects, and strips of human skin ...
Tuesday’s Deadliest Catch was intense as the fishing fleet near the U.S.-Russian border witnessed what appeared to be a missile launch. Captain Johnathon Hillstrand of the Time Bandit was ...
Voskhod 2 (Russian: Восход-2, lit. 'Sunrise-2') was a Soviet crewed space mission in March 1965. The Vostok-based Voskhod 3KD spacecraft with two crew members on board, Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov, was equipped with an inflatable airlock.
A Russian court on Tuesday fined Zoom Video Communications 115 million roubles ($1.18 million) for operating without opening a local office, the RIA news agency reported. Zoom did not immediately ...