The Lunokhod Programme

By: Casia Esparza

The Inventor & His Ideas

• Луноход: Moon Walker• 4 October 1921, Vladikavkaz - 25

February 2003, St Petersburg• Alexander Kemurdzhian• Soviet manned missions• 1969-1977• “Tank on the Moon”

Lunokhod 1 • Unmanned • 1 out of 2 that landed• Taken out by Luna rocket 17 @

November 10, 1970• Moon Atmosphere @ November 17,

1970 at 03:47 • Moved on to the surface at 06:28

Lunokhod 2 • Second more advanced• Luna 21• Collect pictures and observe the

light frequencies• January 8, 1973 • January 12, 1973• January 15, 1973 at 11:35

Lunokhod 3

• Moon landing• Never Landed•Money• Launchers• NPO Lavochkin Museum

Lunokhod 201 & 1A• 1A was destroyed in first launched• 201 launched in Feb. 19,1969

ResultsLunokhod 1 10.5 km More then 20,000 TV images 206 high resolution panoramaLunokhod 2 37 km 86 panoramic pictures Over 80,000 TV imagesThe US was not even close

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