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| .....The
Luna 10 spacecraft was launched towards
the Moon from an Earth orbiting platform.
The spacecraft entered lunar orbit on
April 4, 1966. Scientific instruments
included a gamma-ray spectrometer for
energies between 0.3--3 MeV, a triaxial
magnetometer, a meteorite detector,
instruments for solar-plasma studies, and
devices for measuring infrared emissions
from the Moon and radiation conditions of
the lunar environment. Gravitational
studies were also conducted. The
spacecraft played back to Earth the
`Internationale' during the Twenty-third
Congress of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union. Luna 10 was battery powered
and operated for 460 lunar orbits and 219
active data transmissions before radio
signals were discontinued on May 30, 1966. |
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