The Moon

By kaybigd

  • Project A119

    Project A119
    The U.S air-force delevoped this plan but didn't speak of it. The goal was to launch a nucleur bomb onto the moon to discover things about astronomy and astrogeology.

  • Luna 2

    Luna 2
    First spacescraft to land on the moons surface. Took 36 hours for a direct trip before they reached the moon. First manmade object to land on another celestial body.

  • Luna 10

    Luna 10
    First artificial satellite of the moon

  • First To Set Foot On The Moon

    First To Set Foot On The Moon
    Neil Armstrong took the first step on the moon.

  • Apollo 13

    Apollo 13
    Planned as a lunar landing. Didn't end up making it there, after 56 hours after take off the spaceship flight lost the service module cryogenic oxygen and consequent loss of capability to generate electrical power, to provide oxygen and to produce water.

  • Twin Moon Probes

    Twin Moon Probes
    This was spotted by a NASA spacecraft. They crashed intentionally into the lunar surface.

  • Lunar Eclipse

    Lunar Eclipse
    The last of three lunar ecplise in 2013

  • International Lunar Network

    International Lunar Network
    Plan to launch nodes that will each have two jobs/capabilities. The capabilites could include seismic sensing, heat flow sensing, and laser retroreflectors.