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U.S.S.R. launched LUNA X unmanned spacecraft toward the moon “to test a system insuring the setting up of ... /31/66; Loory, Wash. Post, 4/1/66, A3)’’ Image:Luna10.jpg '''Luna 10''' Fifth Saturn I-B booster ( Saturn I-B S-IB -5) was successfully ...

... LUNA X had detected electrons with energies higher than cosmic radiation, Tass reported: "Data have been ... . scientists, including Dr. James A. Van Allen , State Univ. of Iowa, believed radiation observed by LUNA X was either the earth's comet tail or a similar feature produced by the ...

... , suggested William Hines in the Washington Evening Star. He noted LUNA E's soft-landing on the moon Feb. 3, LUNA X's launch into lunar orbit March 31, and the 22 ...

... ; NYT, 4/29/66, 42)'' Izvestia described how the Communist Party anthem was transmitted from LUNA X to earth: "Before the launching, an electronic generator was installed in the artificial moon ... considerably increase the range of transmissions. The `music' signals of the set installed in the Luna 10 could be received even from the neighborhood of Venus. "The increase in range and ...

... . Rocket and instrumentation performed well. ''(NASA Rpt. SRL)'' Pictures from U.S.S.R.'s LUNA XI spacecraft that apparently entered lunar orbit were received and tape recorded by Jodrell Bank ... to immediately decipher pictures, Station officials said . . they appear to be similar to those of Luna IX and the American Lunar Orbiter transmissions." U.S.S.R. had made no official ...

U.S.S.R.’s LUNA XI-which entered lunar orbit Aug. 27-was studying gamma rays and x-rays emitted ... taken by Zond III while remainder of photo coincided in part with photos taken by LUNA III. ‘‘(Tass, 9/27/66)’’ Dr. Eugene M. Shoemaker, chief adviser on geology for Interior ...

... , 10/27/66, A7; Av. Wk., 10/31/66,39)'' U.S.S.R.'s LUNA XII was probably less than 100 mi. from moon, reported director of U.K.'s ... said: "Last night the signals from the probe were steady and indicated that, contrary to LUNA X and XI, it was ejected into orbit without rotation. That means that potentially it ...

... were unable to detect magnetospheric tail at lunar distances on basis of data obtained from LUNA X between April 3 and May 4, 1966. Ness suggested as reason for this that LUNA X data were probably obtained when spacecraft was near or within neutral sheet region of ...

U.S.S.R. launched Luna XV unmanned spacecraft from Baikonur into selenocentric orbit to conduct "further scientific studies of the ... of launch of NASA'S Apollo 11 manned lunar landing mission. There was speculation that Luna XV was Soviet attempt to land spacecraft on moon and return it to earth with ...

... expedition." ''(Wilford, NYT, 7/15/69, 1, 20)'' Chances of U.S.S.R.'s Luna XV successfully returning to earth with lunar sample were small because of complexity of operations ... compared to the kind of probability that we would associate with our own landings." If Luna XV were able to successfully retrieve lunar sample, feat would be "significant technological step and ...

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