Talk:Luna 1

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==Questions about name of Luna 1/Lunik I== (by Laudaka 11:26, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC) ) I have a question. Was the space craft call Lunik by the Russians? And why is it called Luna 1 by English speaking people? Does Lunik mean Moon in Russian?

And in the text I see "Luna 1 (Russian: Lunik I | Space Rocket I)". What does the pipe (|) means? What is the Space Rocket I doing there?

Thanks in advance for answering.

There is no such word in Russian as "Lunik" (I'm Russian). "Luna" is a Russian word for moon, and all spacecrafts were named such. I'm correcting this. Int19h 04:05, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)

==Question about if in the text there should be Luna x or Lunik x== (by Laudaka 11:26, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)) In the text of Luna 1, Luna 2, Luna 3, etc. I see sometimes Lunik x and sometimes Luna x. I'm in the process of changing all those to Luna x. I suppose it makes most sense to use the name by which it was called in newspapers. Does anybody know whether it was called Luna x or Lunik x in the newspapers? (I wasn't born yet so I'm not sure :-P ) Thanks in advance for answering.

The Russians didn't call it Luna-1 until much later. Luna-1 through 3 were called the "First (second, third) Cosmic Rocket". Cosmic rocket refered specifically to a rocket that reached the second cosmic speed -- escape velocity. The Luna terminology was applied retroactively, perhaps Luna-4 was the first that was actually named that way. DonPMitchell (talk) 04:19, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Over the Indian ocean?

The cloud of sodium gas may have been over the Indian ocean briefly, but it couldn't have been there indefinitely since it was at the wrong distance for a geostationary orbit. --P3d0 13:21, Sep 14, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Interrogator droid

anyone think it looks like the interrogator droid in star wars?--Mole Man 10:02, 24 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] copyright?

i am new to wikipedia - maybe someone can help me by answering this question so that i may create my own pages properly in the future: why does this addition of this material not constitute a copyright violation if it was brought directly from the source webpage without modification?--James Naeger 03:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mission failed?

This article suggests that the mission was a failure (probe supposed to hit the moon?) but doesn't say anything specific. Any information on that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.40.130.44 (talk) 18:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC).

I don't have the sources here but I've seen them in the past. In the press at the time, the Soviets soft-pedaled that Luna 1 was a lunar impact mission; most likely they didn't have a lot of confidence in their ability to hit the moon on their first shot. As it was, Luna 1 was hardly a failure. A lot of useful science was gathered from its mission, plus it became the first probe in history to leave the Earth, enter the solar system and orbit the Sun. Luna 2 was a different story. The Soviets trumpeted that they were going to hit the moon, and they did. Jsc1973 (talk) 04:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rocket?

What rocket was Luna 1 launched on?--66.41.59.217 02:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

The R-7, according to Deborah Cadbury's Space Race book. --203.184.43.88 10:40, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Earth orbit crossing

If the periastron in less than 1 and the apoastron in greater than 1, is there a possible end to Luna 1 in the atmosphere of Earth? AMCKen 03:02, 28 August 2007 (UTC)AMCKen

It'd be very unlikely. 58.178.185.129 (talk) 13:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)