Luna 17
NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1970-095D
Description
Lunokhod 1 was a lunar rover delivered to the Moon by Luna 17. It was a Soviet vehicle launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz rocket. This automatic self-propelled lunar vehicle operated from Earth for purposes of scientific investigations.
For more detail on this mission, see:
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1970-095A
Alternate Names
Facts in Brief
Launch Date: 1970-11-10
Launch Vehicle: Proton Booster Plus Upper Stage and Escape Stages
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R
Funding Agency
Disciplines
- Planetary Science
- Space Physics
Additional Information
Questions and comments about this spacecraft can be directed to:
Coordinated Request and User Support Office
Selected References
- Watts, R. N., Jr., Soviet lunar rover,
Sky and Telescope, 41, No. 3, 155-157, Mar. 1971.
- Petrov, G. I., Investigation of the moon with the Lunokhod-1 space vehicle,
Acad. Sci. USSR, Inst. Space Res., D-90, Moscow, USSR, 1971.
- Harvey, B., The new Russian space programme from competition to collaboration,
John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, England, 1996.
- Johnson, N. L., Handbook of soviet lunar and planetary exploration - volume 47 science and technology series,
Amer. Astronau. Soc. Publ., 1979.