Soviet Missions to the Moon: "Soviet Lunar Missions
The image at the top of the page is the first image of the far side of the Moon, taken by the Luna 3 spacecraft in October, 1959.
The Soviet Lunar program had 20 successful missions to the Moon and achieved a number of notable lunar 'firsts': first probe to impact the Moon, first flyby and image of the lunar farside, first soft landing, first lunar orbiter, and the first circumlunar probe to return to Earth. The two successful series of Soviet probes were the Luna (24 lunar missions) and the Zond (5 lunar missions).
NSSDC currently holds data from the Luna 3, 9, 13, 21, and 22 and the Zond 3, 6, 7, and 8 missions. All this data is photographic in nature, except for the lunar libration data from the Luna 21 Orbiter. Lunar flyby missions (Luna 3, Zond 3, 6, 7, 8) obtained photographs of the lunar surface, particularly the limb and farside regions. The Zond 6, 7, and 8 missions circled the Moon and returned to Earth where they were recovered, Zond 6 and 7 in Siberia and Zond 8 in the Indian Ocean. The purpose of the photography experiments on the lunar landers (Luna 9, 13, 22) was to obtain closeup images of the surface of the Moon for use in lunar studies and determination of the feasibility of manned lunar landings. "
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WHO IS GOING BACK NOW? - LRK -
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Teets: America must reach for space dominance: "by Master Sgt. Scott Elliott
Air Force Print News
9/15/2004 - WASHINGTON -- On the anniversary of the first man-made object reaching the moon, the Department of Defense�s executive agent for space urged America to strive for dominance in space.
Undersecretary of the Air Force Peter B. Teets, who also serves as the director of the National Reconnaissance Office, used the occasion of a Soviet Union mission to highlight what he believes to be the three keys for the United States to achieve space dominance."
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IT HAS BEEN 45 YEARS SINCE THE RUSSIANS FIRST LANDED A SPACECRAFT ON THE MOON. - LRK -
Air Force Print News
9/15/2004 - WASHINGTON -- On the anniversary of the first man-made object reaching the moon, the Department of Defense�s executive agent for space urged America to strive for dominance in space.
Undersecretary of the Air Force Peter B. Teets, who also serves as the director of the National Reconnaissance Office, used the occasion of a Soviet Union mission to highlight what he believes to be the three keys for the United States to achieve space dominance."
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IT HAS BEEN 45 YEARS SINCE THE RUSSIANS FIRST LANDED A SPACECRAFT ON THE MOON. - LRK -
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