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Encyclopedia > Lunokhod programme
Lunokhod series Soviet Moon exploration robot vehicle
Lunokhod series Soviet Moon exploration robot vehicle
A panorama shot from Lunokhod 1
A panorama shot from Lunokhod 1

Lunokhod (Russian for "Moon walker") 1 and 2 were a pair of unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union. They were in operation conterminously with the Zond series of flyby missions. The Lunokhod missions were primarily designed to explore the surface and return pictures. This complemented the Luna series of missions that were intended to be sample return missions and orbiters. They were designed by NPO Lavochkin. Image File history File links Lunokhod_1. ... Image File history File links Lunokhod_1. ... Download high resolution version (1191x281, 175 KB)Lunokhod 1 panorama ((GNU)) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1191x281, 175 KB)Lunokhod 1 panorama ((GNU)) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Unmanned space missions are those using remote-controlled spacecraft. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ... The name Zond (meaning probe in Russian) is the name given to two series of Soviet unmanned space missions from 1964 to 1970 to gather information about nearby planets and test spacecraft. ... The Luna programme was a series of 24 unmanned space missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976. ... Lavochkin is: a Soviet aircraft design bureau (design office prefix La), now extinct, named for its head designer, Semyon Lavochkin; a generic name for airplanes designed by that bureau (see Semyon Lavochkin for list). ...

Lunokhod series Soviet Moon exploration robot vehicle A panorama shot from Lunokhod 1 A photo from Lunokhod 1 showing the Luna 17 lander The tracks of Lunokhod showing the little wheel in the center that was used for odometry. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Lunokhod series Soviet Moon exploration robot vehicle Lunokhod 2 was the second of two unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of the Lunokhod program. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

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Lunokhod programme: Information from Answers.com (1149 words)
Lunokhod (Russian for "Moon walker") 1 and 2 were a pair of unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union.
Lunokhod 2 was the second of two unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of the Lunokhod program.
Lunokhod 2 was equipped with three television cameras, one mounted high on the rover for navigation, which could return high resolution images at different rates—3.2, 5.7, 10.9 or 21.1 seconds per frame (not frames per second).
Lunokhod (1730 words)
The Lunokhod itself consisted of a tub-like compartment with a large convex lid on eight wheels.
The payload, the Lunokhod 1 unmanned rover, rolled down a ramp from the landing stage and began exploring the surface.
The Lunokhod was not left in a position such that the laser retroreflector could be used, indicating that the failure may have happened suddenly.
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