Griffith, Stewart (2012) Handbook of space and solar system exploration in 1970s. Library Press, Delhi, India. ISBN 9788132323853
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Luna E-8-5 No.405 , also known as Luna Ye - 8-5 No.405 , and sometimes identified NASA as Luna 1970A, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1970. It was a 5,600-kilogram (12,000 lb) Luna E-8-5 spacecraft, the fifth of eight to launched. It was intended to perform a soft landing on the Moon, collect a sample of lunar soil, and return it to the Earth. Mass Luna E - 8-5 No.405 was launched at 04:16:06 UTC on 6 February 1970 atop a Proton 8K78K carrier rocket with a Blok - D upper stage, flying from Site 81/23 at the Baikor Cosmodrome. The rocket malfunctioned, and the spacecraft failed to achieve orbit. Pr to the release of information about its mission, NASA correctly identified that it had b an attempted sample return mission.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Divisions: | Electronic Books |
| Depositing User: | Esam @ Hisham Muhammad |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2022 08:44 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2022 08:44 |
| URI: | http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/3673 |
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