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A 4000 kg lunar lander is in orbit 30 km above the lunar surface fires its rockets to link up with the command ship in a 500 km-high orbit. How much work must the rockets do?
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A m lunar lander is in orbit r1 above the lunar surface fires its rockets to link up with the command ship in a r2-high orbit. How much work must the thrusters do? Answer is in Joules.
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What space rockets made it to the moon?
the Saturn V rocket carried the Apollo space craft and lunar lander into space the spacecraft itself was like a command center the lunar lander was the actual craft to land on the moon.
What is the difference between an orbiter and a lander?
The answer is in the question.An orbiter orbitsA lander lands.Basically an orbit will orbit the planet/moon while the lander lands on the surface.
Who invented the first Mars rover?
The Soviet Union's "Mars 2" had a "Prop-M"rover on board the lander but the mission failed when the lander impacted into the Martian surface .
Who circled the moon in Apollo 11?
Michael Collins piloted the Command Module, in orbit around the Moon, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took the Lunar Lander down to the surface.
What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module?
The Apollo 13 Command Module was 'Odyssey' . Aquarius was the Lunar lander.
What is the name for a craft that designed to land on a planets surface?
A lander?
Did the lunar lander return to the command module?
yes and no. yes, because the lander did return to the command module so the crew members could go home. no, because it split in half, so in a way yes, just not all of it.
What lands on the surface of another planet to collect and analyze data in space?
A "lander"
First object to land on the surface of mars?
Mars 2 Lander (USSR)
What did the astronauts use to collect geological samples on the Moon's surface?
lunar lander
What significant about the landing of the us surveyor the moon?
It proved a soft landing was possible, and that the lunar surface would support the weight of a lander. There was some concern the lunar surface might be of such thick and fluffy dust as to allow a lander to sink into it.
What is the difference between a probe and a lander?
the difference between a probe and a lander is a lander is a spacecraft that desends and comes to rest on the surface of a planet/space object. while a probe is a device used to collect items and run tests to collect data.
