... smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions ... the primary mission objective of providing photographic information for the evaluation of Apollo and Surveyor landing sites ...
... The spacegraft carries two small autonomous stations, which will be separated 4-5 days before the landing, make their independent flight and then land at sites chosen in the 30-40њ N zone. ...
... first flying around the Moon and then landing on its surface, on July 20, 1969 ... Altogether 6 successful landings on the moon were achieved, all using the giant ... is John Glenn's capsule, a Moon lander and many other mementos from the early days ...
... The first spacecraft to land on the Moon, it impacted the lunar surface east of Mare Serenitatis near the Aristides, Archimedes, and Autolycus craters. ...
... The probe landed in the area known as Mare Crisium (Sea of Crisis). The mission successfully returned the samples to the Earth on August 22, 1976. ...
... The satellite multispectral imaging system has been developed in cooperation with РNЮ ?Cosmos-NвЛ for imaging land and water surfaces from onboard remote sensing and weather s/c. MSU-50 . ...