Lunar Exploration

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Lunar Exploration

• Kaya Umeda
• Tomohiro Hoshino

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Lunar Exploration?

• Moon is our close cosmic neighbor
• Humans were exploring its surface since they
  first developed telescopes
• Lunar exploration is a human exploration of the
  moon

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First Landing

• In 1959, Luna 2 became the first spacecraft to
  land on the moons surface
• Impacted near the Aristides, Archimedes, and
  Autolycus craters

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• In 1962, NASA placed its first spacecraft, Ranger
  4, on the moon
• Its mission was to take as many images as
  possible before crashing onto the surface
• Unable to return any scientific data

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• 2 years later, Ranger 7 streaked towards the moon
  with cameras
• Took more than 4000 photos in 17 minutes before
  crashing
• Ranger 9 showed that the moons surface was rough

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• In 1966, Luna 9 became the first vehicle to
  soft-land safely on the surface
• Stocked with scientific and communications
  equipments and took a picture of a ground level
  lunar panorama
• Luna 10 became the first spacecraft to
  successfully orbit the moon

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• Surveyor space probes (1966-68) became the first
  NASA cract to perform controlled landing on the
  moons surface
• Carried cameras, soil samplers that analyze the
  nature of lunar rock and dirt

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• In 1966 and 1967, NASA launched lunar orbiters
• Designed to circle the moon
• Designed to chart its surface in preparation for
  future manned landings

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Man on the Moon

• On 6/20/1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz
  Aldrin became the first people to reach the moon
• Apollo 11 lunar lander touched down in the Sea of
  Tranquility
• Spend as long as 3 days on the moon

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• In 1994, Clementine mission succeeded in mapping
  the moons surface
• in wavelengths
• In visible lights, from ultraviolent to infrared