Long Lost Russian Rover Found
March 19th 2011 00:23
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Lunokhod 1
Russian Lunar Rover finally Found
Well it’s only taken 37 years or so but the Location of the Russian rover Lunokhod 1 was pinpointed.
The chance find came to a researcher working at The University of Western Ontario has helped solve a 37-year old space mystery. using lunar images and moon maps released by NASA.
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The rover was traced by using it’s past mission history. It was possible to trace the rover's activities in fine detail based on the rover’s mission report.
The rover measured the magnetic field on the moon. The rover’s track can be seen in some of the images where the rover continually drive back and forth over the same route to improve the data.
Final resting place of Lunar Rover
The rover met it’s demise when it drove into a small crater. it accidentally covered its heat radiator with soil as it tried to get out again. The struggle to get it self free caused it to overheat and stop working. The rover final resting place shows up as a dark spot right where it stopped.
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