Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Soviet Lunokhod left no visible moving traces on Moon !
The rover would run during the lunar day, stopping occasionally to
recharge its batteries via the solar panels. At night the rover
hibernated until the next sunrise, heated by the radioactive source. APOLLO is now using Lunokhod 1's reflector for experiments, as they
discovered, to their surprise, that it was returning much more light
than other reflectors on the moon. According to a NASA press release,
APOLLO researcher Tom Murphy said, "We got about 2,000 photons from Lunokhod 1 on our first try. Lunokhod rovers were about 2.3 meters long and 1.5 meters tall.
1970:
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Yeah, I know, they are barely visible. But all Apollo astronauts footprints are visible !
1970:
- November 17 - November 22: The rover drives 197 m, returns 14 close up pictures of the Moon and 12 panoramic views, during 10 communication sessions. It also conducts analyses of the lunar soil.
- December 9 - December 22: 1,522 m
- January 8 - January 20: 1,936 m
- February 8 - February 19: 1,573 m
- March 9 - March 20: 2,004 m
- April 8 - April 20: 1,029 m
- May 7 - May 20: 197 m
- June 5 - June 18: 1,559 m
- July 4 - July 17: 220 m
- August 3 - August 16: 215 m
- August 31 - September 14: 88 m
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Yeah, I know, they are barely visible. But all Apollo astronauts footprints are visible !