Regions designation | Regions models | ASCII files description . The real time regions passing . ... The IB_TAIL geocentric distance as a function of the UT (Plot) . Geomagnetic local time in the IB_TAIL position as a function of the UT (Plot) . The orbital data ASCII files . The IB_TAIL magnetic mapping and conjugations with groundbased instruments and anothers spacecraft . ... IKI RAN | SSC IKI RAN | INTERBALL mission ...
While engaged in the forenoon of Thursday, September 1, in taking my customary observation of the forms and positions of the solar spots, an appearance was witnessed which I believe to be exceedingly rare. The image of the sun's disk was, as usual with me, projected on to a plate of glass coated with distemper of a pale straw color, and at a distance and under a power which presented a picture of about 11 inches diameter. ... Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . Official GSFC Home Page .. ...
... Launch Date: 1959-09-12 . Launch Site/Country: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R. Launch Vehicle: Modified SS-6 (Sapwood) with 2nd Generation (Longer) Upper Stage . ... Luna 2 was the second of a series of spacecraft launched in the direction of the Moon. The instrument package reached the surface of the Moon on September 14, 1959. The first spacecraft to land on the Moon, it impacted the lunar surface east of Mare Serenitatis near the Aristides, Archimedes, and Autolycus craters. ...