Luna 10 was a Soviet spacecraft that became the first to go into orbit around the Moon, a few days after its launch. It was an unmanned probe of the Luna program, which had earlier achieved the first soft landing on the Moon with Luna 9. Luna 10 carried instruments for measuring radiation, magnetic fields and the composition of the lunar surface, and it provided data on the Moon's gravity field. The Soviet authorities reportedly arranged for the broadcast of the tune of the Internationale from the spacecraft to the Communist Party congress then in session in Moscow. The probe operated for about two months, until its batteries ran out.
Before and after
- 31 January 1966Launch of Luna 9
- 3 March 1966Birth of Mikhail Mishustin
- 5 March 1966Death of Anna Akhmatova
- 16 March 1966Launch of Gemini 8
- 31 March 1966Launch of Luna 10
- from 16 May 1966 to 6 October 1976Cultural Revolution
- 26 May 1966Birth of Helena Bonham Carter
- 29 May 1966Construction of Estadio Azteca
- 30 June 1966Birth of Mike Tyson
More in Universe & space
- 22 June 1978Discovery of Charon
- 4 March 1979Discovery of Metis
- 24 April 1990Launch of Hubble Space Telescope
- 1998Supernovae show that cosmic expansion is accelerating
- 10 April 2019The first image of a black hole
- 25 December 2021Launch of James Webb Space Telescope
The era
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