ON THE EARTH-MOON FLIGHT PATH,

Abstract

The Soviet automatic lunar vehicle 'Luna-9' was launched on 31 January 1966; on 3 February, at 21 hours 45 minutes 30 seconds Moscow time this station carried out a successful soft landing on the surface of the moon. On that same day, at 21 hours 49 minutes 40 seconds, history's first moon-to-earth radio communication session took place, followed on 4 February, at 4 hours 50 minutes, by the commencement of the transmission to earth of the first images of the lunar landscape. Pravda is publishing a report by Am. Trifonov and Yu. Vasil'yev on how this historic flight was carried out.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 21, 1967
Accession Number
AD0678438

Entities

People

  • Am. Trifonov
  • Yu. Vasilev

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Radio Communications
  • Soft Landings

Readers

  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers