[FPSPACE] Lunakhod 1 launch and Voyager 1 Saturn flyby anniversaries

[Tristan Cools]

At 20:07 13-11-00 -0500, you wrote:
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>
>Though not widely known at the time, the Lunakhod series
>was part of the Soviet's manned lunar program.  These
>rovers would serve in the construction of the first
>lunar bases.  Sadly, only one more Lunakhod made it to
>Earth's moon and the third probe was left in a museum.
>


In 1987, there was a space exhibition in Brussels, Belgium where I
photographed a Lunokhod 2.

See at:

http://gallery.uunet.be/tcools/satimage/images/lunokh2.JPG

Is this a real flight worthy model or just a mockup ?

At Le Bourget Paris, France I took a photograph of a Lunokhod 1 model.  I
also don't know if this one was intended for launch or not.(no picture on
my website yet).

Greetings,


Tristan Cools tcools@village.uunet.be
Belgian Working Group Satellites(BWGS)

Damse Vaart: 3.2478E/51.2277N - OBS place 1
Ryckevelde:  3.2856E/51.2045N - OBS place 2
Brugge:      3.2166E/51.2104N - OBS place 3(home)

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