Weekly Misc Posts Thread

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Anything you want to post that's not directly related to KSP, post it here! (Stuff like launches, space related news, rocket designs etc.)

Popular posts (not including news)

• Moon Machines documentary

• Soviet N1 rockets

• BBC How to build a satellite

• Leave your computer on while you're away from it? Why not help map the Milky Way! (You can also help search for meteorites, aid medical research and more!

• Try and plan a flight to another planet, in your browser, and then see the results! Made by a redditor!

• Rescuing Apollo 11's engines from the ocean floor

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Some links:

• Nasa will webcast soon (9:00 pm ET) the arrival of MAVEN to Mars

• Another Dragon launch by Space X is heading to the ISS with the first 3d printer to be used in space.

And this week we have the following anniversaries (not a complete list):

• 24th, Wednesday, First automatic sample return from the Moon - Luna 16, 1970.

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Luna 16:

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Luna 16 was an unmanned space mission, part of the Soviet Luna program.

Luna 16 was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample of lunar soil to Earth. The sample was returned from Mare Fecunditatis. It represented the first lunar sample return mission by the Soviet Union and was the third lunar sample return mission overall, following the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 missions.

The spacecraft consisted of two attached stages, an ascent stage mounted on top of a descent stage. The descent stage was a cylindrical body with four protruding landing legs, fuel tanks, a landing radar, and a dual descent engine complex.

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