The VSM: Lunokhod-2 25-year anniversary . Luna-21 with Lunokhod-2 landed on Moon 16 January 1973. ... All photos here except full Moon and Mare Serenitatis were made by author in NPO Lavochkina museum. ... which is very similar to Lunokhod-2, except its cameras. Luna-21 landed 15 Jan at 23:35 GMT inside 55-km Le Monnier crater on the eastern edge of Mare Serenitatis. ... Frame - Mare Serenitatis . ... Any wheel could be permanently disconnected from its motor if the motor gets stuck. ...
This is real Lunokhod-3 which would be flown to the Moon if the mission weren't cancelled. But it was, so the Lunokhod is in the NPO Lavochkin museum instead of the Moon.
marked with yelow asterisk are sites that have links to the VSM . Russian/Soviet Cosmonautics History . interesting site (Russian language only) and ABSOLUTELY STUNNING photos! Russian mirror of Mars Pathfinder site . Space Technology Images . big collection of photos and drawings including some rare and exotic . ... excellent site of spaceflight history . ... Astronomy 105 . ... Some interesting things plus a brilliant collection of astronomy and space links. Space Frontier . ...
... Orienting Mir and modules . ... one on top, one on the left side) . ... Solar arrays can help to differ top from bottom - upper side is blue and flat, lower is light and ribbed. ... There are 4 long and 2 short radiators (pointed with yellow arrow on this photo ) on each module. ... So, if you see short radiators between long ones - you see module side. ... Top of each module is marked by 2 small antennas (pointed with green arrow on the photo ) in the middle of its length near ends of long...
What is the VSM ? ... VRML = Virtual Reality Modeling Language. ... One of the best VRML viewers, if not the best, is Netscape Navigator with Live3D plugin. ... Warning: if you use any other viewer, spacecraft will probably look like parrots or clowns because each VRML viewer treats colors in its own unpredictable way. ... You can use these VRML models freely in any way you like, but: 1) let me know you use them; 2) if you add them to your Web page, a reference to the VSM must be there. ...
These are all 74 models currently existing at the VSM. ... N-1 . ... Energia . ... Soyuz pad . Energia pad . Energia stand-start . N-1 pad . Proton pad . R-1 rocket . ... Vostok rocket . Soyuz rocket . Proton rocket . ... station . ... L-3 lander . N-1 stack . ... Mars-3 lander . ... Original Soyuz . Soyuz-10/11 . Soyuz ferry . ... ASTP Soyuz . ...