Geography 2090A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Lunar Orbiter Program, Exploration Of The Moon, Luna Programme
6 Jun 2016
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After a flyby, typically an orbiter is sent to the object: throughout the cold war, the ussr and americans both had lunar orbiters (luna & Lunar orbiter programs: the first mars orbiter was mariner 9 in 1971, many bodies in the solar system have been orbited, and there are current missions around the moon, mars, and jupiter. If flyby and orbiter missions are successful, then a robotic landing is the next step in the mission: 1966 soviet luna 9 first craft to land on another celestial body (and another planet . Exploring the moon: the moon is a highly cratered body. Lhb period, as well as a lack of erosion or surface processes: the dark areas of the moon we see from earth are called mare (latin for sea) They are remnants of ancient lava flows from early development of the celestial body. The soviet luna program contained flybys, orbiters, crash landers, and soft landings.
