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2009 The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/LCROSS is launched by NASA to probe the Moon
1988 NASA unviels plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars 1976 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth 1973 NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit 1972 Apollo 17 (U.S.), final manned lunar landing mission, launched 1972 Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2 1972 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands) 1971 U.S. launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft 1971 Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands 1970 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility 1969 Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits 1969 Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface 1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit 1968 Launch of Zond 5, 1st lunar fly-around with Earth reentry 1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made 1968 U.S. Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho 1967 U.S. Surveyor 5 makes 1st chemical analysis of lunar material 1967 U.S.'s Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 1967 U.S. launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km) 1967 Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by U.S.; begins orbiting Moon May 7 1967 U.S. launches Lunar Orbiter 3 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 launched 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7 degrees N 162 degrees E 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon 1966 1st U.S. lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon 1966 1st lunar orbiter launched by U.S. 1966 U.S. Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing 1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter 1965 U.S. Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact 1965 U.S. Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures 1963 Soviet lunar probe failure 1962 U.S. launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon 1961 U.S. lunar probe Ranger 1 reaches 190 km from Earth, falls back 1959 U.S.S.R. launches Mechta, Luna 1, for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit 1958 U.S. lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back 1783 Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus 1638 Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in U.S. 1504 Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians 1178 Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno 463 Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius |
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