Origin of the Moon's 'mascons' mystery May 30, 2013; A tale of adventure, excitement, suspense and tragedy A tale of courage and patience to overcome obstacles and failure A tale of fantastic accomplishment, and debilitating lossThe Soviet Robotic Lunar & Planetary Exploration Program Wesley T. Huntress, Jr. and Mikhail Ya. Marov, a narrative,

Venera 5 and 6 follow up in May 1969 – both cease at 27 bar, 18 kmNew &

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Lunar Mascons - Tikalon Blog by Dev Gualtieri

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Jun 26, 2013 - The GRAIL lunar gravity mapping was done by a team with ... Origin ofLunar Mascon Basins," Science, Published Online May 30, 2013, DOI: 10.1126/science.1235768. NASA's GRAIL Mission Solves Mystery of Moon's Surface Gravity, ... moon's mysteries," Purdue University Press Release, May 30, 2013.

NASA mission solves mystery of moon's uneven gravity

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May 31, 2013 - Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) May 30, 2013 NASA says its Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission uncovered the origin of massive regions inside the mo. ... "GRAIL data confirm that lunar mascons were generated when large asteroids ... Barcelona Moon Team (BMT) · Lunar CATALYST · Source of 'Moon ...

Team solves one of the moon's mysteries - Churnalism

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[20 Most Marvelous Moon Missions] "Mascons were nothing more than navigational ... Public release date: 30-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Elizabeth ... A better understanding of these features also adds clues to the moon's origin and ...

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In addition to MIT, GRAIL's science team includes NASA's Goddard Space Flight ... provide flexibility to solve problems that may arise during development and which .....May 30, 2013: Analysis of NASA's GRAIL mission data has uncovered the ... The originof lunar mascons has been a mystery in planetary science since ...

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Sputnik 4

NSSDC/COSPAR ID: 1960-005A

Description

This spacecraft, the first of a series of spacecraft used to investigate the means for manned space flight, contained scientific instruments, a television system, and a self-sustaining biological cabin with a dummy of a man. The spacecraft was designed to study the operation of the life support system and the stresses of flight. The spacecraft radioed both extensive telemetry and prerecorded voice communications. After four days of flight, the reentry cabin was separated from its service module and retrorockets were fired, but because of an incorrect attitude the spacecraft did not reenter the atmosphere.

Alternate Names

• 00034

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1960-05-15
Launch Vehicle: Modified SS-6 (Sapwood) with 1st Generation Upper Stage
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R
Mass: 1477.0 kg

Funding Agency

• Unknown (U.S.S.R)

Disciplines

• Engineering
• Life Science

Additional Information

• Launch/Orbital information for Sputnik 4

• Experiments on Sputnik 4
• Data collections from Sputnik 4

Questions or comments about this spacecraft can be directed to:Coordinated Request and User Support Office.

 

Selected References

Wasson, J. T., Radioactivity in Sputnik fragment, J. Geophys. Res., 69, No. 11, 2223-2230, June 1964.

Lewis, C., Soviet Sputnik IV re-entry try fails, Space Technol., 3, No. 3, 14, July 1960.

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1966 - 1969 Success at the Moon and Venus, but 1969 - 1976 Robotic ca·price

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noun

1. 1.

   a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior.

   "her caprices had made his life impossible"

   synonyms:

   whim, whimsy, vagary, fancy, fad, quirk, eccentricity, foible More

2. 2.

   MUSIC

   another term for capriccio.

Achievements in the Shadow of Apollo

New 5800kg Robotic Lunar Rovers and Sample Return Spacecraft

 demanding goal - soft landing

Comprehensive science objectives defined

1969 campaign to get atm & ephemeris data

Upstage Mariner 69 flybys and 71 orbiters

New heavy design for Proton launch

3yr new development challenge

Diverted by rush to succeed at Venus in ‘67

Lunar spacecraft based design fails

13 month for redesign…

3574 kg Orbiter with 280 kg Probe

Probe to be deployed from orbit

Probe deleted late: mass & test problems

Replaced with orbital module

Both Protons explodedVenera 5 and 6 follow up in May 1969 – both cease at 27 bar, 18 kmNew & demanding goal - soft landing

Comprehensive science objectives defined

1969 campaign to get atm & ephemeris data

Upstage Mariner 69 flybys and 71 orbiters

New heavy design for Proton launch

3yr new development challenge

Diverted by rush to succeed at Venus in ‘67

Lunar spacecraft based design fails

13 month for redesign…

3574 kg Orbiter with 280 kg Probe

Probe to be deployed from orbit

Probe deleted late: mass & test problems

Replaced with orbital module

Both Protons exploded

Third stage on March 27, 1969

Booster on April 2, 1969

Missions virtually unknown in West…

1966 - 1969 Success at the Moon and Venus, but Mars el

Third stage on March 27, 1969

Booster on April 2, 1969

Missions virtually unknown in West…

1966 - 1969 Success at the Moon and Venus, but Mars el

Luna 1 January 2, 1959
1st s/c to leave Earth
missed lunar impact
1st lunar flyby Jan 4, 1959
Luna 3 circumlunar flyby
1st farside picture
Oct 7, 1959



Luna 2 1st lunar impactor
Sept 14, 1959



1960 - 1961 The Age of Robotic Planetary Exploration Opens
October 10 & 14 1960
2 Mars flyby launch failures
Maiden flight of the Molniya
February 1961
2 Venus impactor launches
1 success on Feb 12, 1961,
but Venera 1 fails 5 days later
The first launches to Mars and Venus



1962 The New 2MV Planetary Spacecraft
Modular design for both Venus & Mars and for both flyby and probe missions



Five of six victimized by the launch vehicle
- 2 Venus probes, 1 Venus flyby
- 1 Mars probe (US attack scare), 1 Mars flyby
Mars 1 flyby vehicle successfully launched
- ACS problems, fails after 5 months
- while the US Mariner 2 succeeds at Venus
Mars 1 launched Nov 21, 1962
Lost inflight March 21, 1963
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"A tale of adventure, excitement,1963 - 1965 Three More Years of Frustration

A new 1500 kg spacecraft for lunar soft landing
transport module plus landing capsule suspense and tragedy



Eleven failed missions in 1963 – 1965!



Six due to launch vehicle failures
Luna 4 - navigation failed, missed the Moon
Luna 5 – guidance failed, crashed
Luna 6 – mid-course failed, missed the Moon
Luna 7 – attitude control & retro failed, crashed
Luna 8 – air bag puncture & retro failed, crashed
Air-bag landing scheme



Back to Mars and Venus with a new planetary spacecraft - the 3MV



Zond 3 Mars s/c & lunar farside picture
Nov 11, 1963 – Test flight launch to Mars distance fails
Feb 19, 1964 – Test flight launch to Venus distance fails
Mar 27, 1964 – Venus probe launch fails
April 2, 1964 – Zond 1 Venus probe, lost May 25, 1964 due to slow leak
Nov 30, 1964 – Zond 2 Mars flyby, lost May 5, 1965 after multiple problems
July 18, 1965 – Zond 3 Mars test succeeds at the Moon, survives for 8 mo., 150M km
Nov 12, 1965 – Venera 2 Venus flyby, thermal problems, failed to return flyby data
Nov 16, 1965 – Venera 3 Venus probe, thermal problems, lost 17 days before arrival
Nov 23, 1965 – Venera flyby launch failsLuna 9 - The first lunar soft lander, Feb 3, 1966
Luna 13 – Dec 24, 1966
1966 - 1969 Success at the Moon and Venus, but M

Team solves the origin of the Moon's 'mascons' mystery

May 30, 2013

A tale of courage and patience to overcome obstacles and failure
A tale of fantastic accomplishment, and debilitating los"

Expanded Universe (Heinlein)

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Expanded Universe

First Edition cover for Expanded Universe
Author	Robert A. Heinlein
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Ace Books
Publication date	1980
Media type	Print (Hardcover &Paperback)

Expanded Universe is a 1980 collection of stories and essays by Robert A. Heinlein.^[1] In full, its title is Expanded Universe, The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein. The trade paperback 1981 edition lists the subtitle under other Heinlein books as More Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein because the contents subsume the 1966 Ace Books collection,The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein. The current volume is dedicated to William Targ.

The book collects many short stories and essays, with a foreword for each. They are:

• "Life-Line" (*)
• "Successful Operation"
• "Blowups Happen" (*)
• "Solution Unsatisfactory" (*)
• "The Last Days of the United States"
• "How to Be a Survivor"
• "Pie from the Sky"
• "They Do It with Mirrors"
• "Free Men" (*)
• "No Bands Playing, No Flags Flying"
• "A Bathroom of Her Own"
• "On the Slopes of Vesuvius"
• "Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon"
• "Pandora's Box" (*)
• "Where To?" (1950, 1965, 1980)
• "Cliff and the Calories"
• "Ray Guns and Rocket Ships"
• "The Third Millennium Opens"
• "Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry?"
• "Pravda Means Truth"
• "Inside Intourist"
• "Searchlight" (*)
• "The Pragmatics of Patriotism"
• "Paul Dirac, Antimatter, and You"
• "Larger than Life", a memoir in tribute to E. E. "Doc" Smith
• "Spinoff"
• "The Happy Days Ahead"

The six items marked with (*) appeared in The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein.

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ Don D'Ammassa (2005). Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Infobase Publishing. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-8160-5924-9.

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