Luna programme
The Luna programme (from the Russian word Луна "Luna" meaning "Moon"), occasionally called Lunik or Lunnik by western media, was a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976. Fifteen were successful, each designed as either an orbiter or lander, and accomplished many firsts in space exploration. They also performed many experiments, studying the Moon's chemical composition, gravity, temperature, and radiation.
Twenty-four spacecraft were formally given the Luna designation, although more were launched. Those that failed to reach orbit were not publicly acknowledged at the time, and not assigned a Luna number. Those that failed in low Earth orbit were usually given Cosmos designations. The estimated cost of the Luna programme was about $4.5 billion.
Achievements
Luna 1 (January 1959) missed its intended impact with the Moon and became the first spacecraft to fall into orbit around the Sun.
Luna 2 (September 1959) mission successfully hit the Moon's surface, becoming the first man-made object to reach the Moon.
Podcasts:
Luna Project
ALBUMS
- 100 % Garage, Volume 2 released: 1994
100 % Garage, Volume 2
Released 1994- Deep Inside (club mix)
- When You Touch Me (M.A.W. remix)
- I Wanna Be Free (Parrish House mix)
- Jungles Kisses (club Kisses mix)
- Let Me Be Me (club mix)
- London X-Press / Muzik X-Press (medley) (Riviera mix)
- I'm Hot for You (club mix)
- Talk to Me (Integral club mix), From 'Morel's Groove, Part 4
- Come and Take a Trip (Erick 'More' club mix)
- Dancing (A 'Little' - 'More' dub)
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