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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Ночной запуск "Сурвейора" http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1162612/eng |
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NASA
Explanation:
In early November of 1967, a dramatic night launch of an
Atlas Centaur rocket
from Cape Canaveral lofted the successful Surveyor 6 spacecraft
toward the Moon.
The Surveyor series of robotic probes carried out
the first US
lunar soft landings
in preparation for the Apollo program.
Still in use today,
Atlas Centaur rockets
launched many
lunar and planetary probes in the 60s and 70s.
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Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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