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No, it "crashed" on the surface of the moon on 11th October 1967.
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Where is the lunar orbiter 1 now locatered?
It impacted the lunar surface on command at 7 degrees N latitude, 161 degrees E longitude (selenographic coordinates) on the Moon's far side on October 29, 1966 on its 577th orbit. The early end to the nominal one year mission was due to the small amount of remaining attitude control gas and other deteriorating conditions and was planned to avoid transmission interference with Lunar Orbiter 2. (from Wikipedia)
What are the release dates for The Daily Orbit - 2012 Chinese Lunar Landing 2-72?
The Daily Orbit - 2012 Chinese Lunar Landing 2-72 was released on: USA: 16 December 2013
How many Apollo mission have occurred?
1. Apollo 7: Low Earth Orbit 2. Apollo 8: Lunar Orbit 3. Apollo 9: Low Earth Orbit 4. Apollo 10: Lunar Orbit 5. Apollo 11: Lunar Landing 6. Apollo 12: Lunar Landing 7. Apollo 13: Lunar flyby (aborted landing) 8. Apollo 14: Lunar Landing 9. Apollo 15: Lunar Landing 10. Apollo 16: Lunar Landing 11. Apollo 17: Lunar Landing
When did the spacecraft Mars 2 go into Mars' orbit?
The Russian orbiter/lander Mars 2 started orbiting Mars on November 27th 1971 == ==
How many space probes heve been to Mercury?
2 probes. Mariner 10 orbiter in the 1970s and the current MESSENGER spacecraft which will orbit and map the entire surface.
What is the relation of the orbit of the moon to the orbit of the earth?
The moon's orbit is inclined about 51/2 degrees relative to the plane of the Earth's orbit. For one thing, this explains why we don't have a lunar eclipse at every Full Moon, and a solar eclipse at every New Moon.
Why lonely 2 were allowed to walk on the moon?
The main reason is because the Lunar Module was so small that it only held 2 people. The other reason was in case the Lunar Module failed to reach orbit after liftoff form the surface of the moon, a third astronaut would be needed to go down and rescue the 2 stranded astronauts. A major bonus of having a 3rd astronaut in lunar orbit is he was able to make observations and take photos while the other 2 were exploring the surface. In terms of lunar geology, you need both a closeup analysis and an overall picture in orider to figure out how the area formed.
The viking 1 and 2 missions consisted of both an orbiter and a.?
lander
What are the space crafts in space presently?
The only manned space craft is the international space station which is in earth orbit. There are countless earth-orbitting satellites, most of them are there for communication (telephones etc.). Notable artificial satellites are the Hubble Space Telescope and the Kepler Space Telescope. The Lunar Reconnassance Orbiter takes super-high resolution images of the moon, perhaps in preparation for future manned missions. Also there is the Chinese Chang'e 2 probe. As for other planets, we have the Venus Express orbiter around Venus and the MESSENGER spacecraft orbitting Mercury. On Mars there is the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Global surveyor. In the asteroid belt there is the Dawn spacecraft and several others. There are no spacecraft orbitting Jupiter, the last one being Galileo which was sent to burn up in the Jovian atmosphere so the erase the possibility of contaminating the moon Europa, which may have sub-surface oceans with life. Saturn has one orbiter, the Cassini spacecraft which primarily studies Saturn's moons, particularly Titan and it dropped at landing probe called Huygens to it's surface in 2005. No spacecraft orbit Uranus or Neptune, but the New Horizons probe is heading towards Pluto and will arive in 2015. 4 probes are beyond that, Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 which all observed the outer planets about 40 years ago. There are also numerous spacecraft that orbit the sun, but all of the major ones have been listed here.
The Viking 1 and Viking 2 missions consisted of both an orbiter and a?
The Viking 1 and Viking 2 missions consisted of both an orbiter and a lander. The lander landed on the surface of Mars to collect data and images.
What is the difference between lunar and solar cycles?
Yes. A full orbit is about 27 1/2 days; a lunar month (e.g., new moon to new moon) is about 29 1/2 days. The reason is that while the Moon orbits Earth, the position (direction) of the Sun in the sky changes.
Is the space shuttle able for space travel?
The answer is no. The reason is because the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) draw fuel from the orange external tank (ET). Fuel from the ET is drained by the the time the shuttle reaches orbit 8 minutes after launch. The ET is then jettisoned where it burns up upon re-entry. LOX and LH2 fuel on board the orbiter itself that is meant for the SSMEs is only enough to provide the required de-orbit burn to slow the orbiter enough for re-entry. Change in orbital altitudes are achieved though two smaller secondary engines called "orbital maneuvering system engines" (OMS) However, these are not nearly powerful enough to increase the orbiter's velocity to escape earth orbit. In the days of Apollo, the Saturn V brought put the astronauts in to a very low "parking orbit" which gave them time to plan the trans-lunar injection (TLI, the rocket burn to speed up the spacecraft so it can escape earth orbit and be put on a course to the moon). After 2.5 orbits, the J-2 engine of the Saturn V's S-IVB (third stage) is fired for six minutes, and accelerates the spacecraft from 17,000 MPH to 25,000 MPH, allowing it to escape earth's gravity and be put on a course for the moon.
