U.S.S.R.'s Luna Programme 1-3

Take a deep dive with us into the early Soviet Luna program! Where we check out the first manmade object to touch another world, and the first spacecraft to take photos of the moon!

Link to Scott Manley video:    • The Most Launched Rocket - A History ...  

Link to Don P. Mitchell's documentation of Luna 3: http://mentallandscape.com/L_Luna3.htm

*Note: My solar panel estimates per inch was way off, more like .10 watt per square inch if they were lucky.

0:00 - Intro
2:40 - History
4:55 - The Retro Rocket, R-7 "Semyorka"
8:24 - Design
13:29 - Power
17:15 - Instruments
23:44 - Propulsion
26:01 - Navigation
30:20 - Communication
32:47 - Luna 3 Camera System and the Pendant Spheres
41:33 - Closing Remarks
42:40 - Outro

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