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Luna 2 would be the Soviet Union's sixth attempt to impact the Moon. [15] It was the second of the Ye-1a series, modified to carry a heavier payload of 156 kilograms (344 lb) [16] and had a combined mass of 390.2 kilograms (860 lb). [17] Luna 2 was similar in design to Luna 1, [18] a spherical space probe with protruding antennas and ...
Flyby spacecraft had the generic designations of Ye-2 and Ye-3 (E-2 and E-3 depending on transliteration from Russian). [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Their function was to transmit photographs back to Earth. Luna 3 (October 1959) rounded the Moon later that year, and returned the first photographs of its far side , which can never be seen from Earth . [ 9 ]
In 1966, Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to achieve a controlled soft landing, [2] while Luna 10 became the first mission to enter orbit, and in 1968 Zond 5 became the first mission to carry terrestrial lifeforms (tortoises) to close proximity of the Moon through a circumlunar approach.
Terra 2.0 (LUNA) is the newest iteration of cryptocurrency on the Terra blockchain. In May 2022, the Terra blockchain experienced a hard fork prompted by founder Do Kwon and voted on by the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to U.S. criminal ...
The fifth flight of a Luna 8K72 (18 June 1959), which was to launch the Luna E-1A No.1 probe, ended 153 seconds after launch due to a guidance malfunction of the Blok A core stage, leading to engine shutdown. [6] Luna 2 was launched by a Luna 8K72 on 12 September 1959. It was the first spacecraft to impact the lunar surface.
The first picture of another world from space and of the Moon's far side, photographed by Luna 3 in 1959 Museum replica of Luna 1 and Luna 2 Scale model of Luna 3 First image of the Moon taken by a U.S. spacecraft, [26] Ranger 7 in July 1964 Block III Ranger probe First photo ever taken from the surface of the Moon, by Luna 9 in February 1966 ...
Luna spent 12 years confined in a rabbit cage within a cat hoarder’s home. After being rescued, she lived at the Animal Rescue League of Boston , where she was often overlooked due to her age ...