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56 relations: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Benefits of space exploration, Chemical Automatics Design Bureau, Cold War (1953–1962), Colonization of the Moon, Deliberate crash landings on extraterrestrial bodies, Discovery and exploration of the Solar System, El Milia, Energia (corporation), Exploration of the Moon, Heliocentric orbit, January 1959, January 2, January 4, Lander (spacecraft), List of artificial objects in heliocentric orbit, List of extraterrestrial orbiters, List of lunar probes, List of missions to the Moon, List of R-7 launches (1957–1959), List of satellites which have provided data on Earth's magnetosphere, List of spacecraft powered by non-rechargeable batteries, List of spaceflight records, List of unmanned spacecraft by program, Luna (rocket), Luna 2, Luna E-1A No.1, Luna programme, Lunar orbit, Mare Desiderii, Mariner 2, Moon, Moon landing, Outer space, Outline of the Moon, Pioneer 4, RD-0109, Sergei Korolev, Solar wind, Soviet space program, Space Age, Space Race, Space weather, Spacecraft, Spacecraft magnetometer, Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes, Timeline of Russian innovation, Timeline of science fiction, Timeline of Solar System exploration, Timeline of space exploration, ..., Timeline of the Space Race, Trans-lunar injection, Van Allen radiation belt, 1959, 1959 in spaceflight, 1959 in the Soviet Union. Expand index (6 more) »
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome (translit; translit) is a spaceport located in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to Russia.
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Benefits of space exploration
Space is a high-tech arena where rival ideologies clashed, showcasing their technological prowess under the watchful eyes of the entire globe.
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Chemical Automatics Design Bureau
Chemical Automatics Design Bureau (CADB), also KB Khimavtomatika (Конструкторское бюро химавтоматики, КБХА, KBKhA), is a Russian design bureau founded by the NKAP (People's Commissariat of the Aircraft Industry) in 1941 and led by Semyon Kosberg until his death in 1965.
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Cold War (1953–1962)
The Cold War (1953–1962) discusses the period within the Cold War from the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1953 to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
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Colonization of the Moon
The colonization of the Moon is a proposed establishment of permanent human communities or robotic industries on the Moon.
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Deliberate crash landings on extraterrestrial bodies
These are tables of space probes (typically orbiters or components thereof) which have been deliberately destroyed at their objects of study, typically by hard landings or crash landings at the end of their respective missions and/or functionality.
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Discovery and exploration of the Solar System
Discovery and exploration of the Solar System is observation, visitation, and increase in knowledge and understanding of Earth's "cosmic neighborhood".
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El Milia
El Milia (الميلية) is a town and commune in Jijel Province, Algeria.
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Energia (corporation)
PAO S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya “Energiya” im.), also known as RSC Energia (РКК «Энергия», RKK “Energiya”), is a Russian manufacturer of ballistic missile, spacecraft and space station components.
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Exploration of the Moon
The physical exploration of the Moon began when Luna 2, a space probe launched by the Soviet Union, made an impact on the surface of the Moon on September 14, 1959.
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Heliocentric orbit
A heliocentric orbit (also called circumsolar orbit) is an orbit around the barycenter of the Solar System, which is usually located within or very near the surface of the Sun.
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January 1959
The following events occurred in January 1959.
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January 2
No description.
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January 4
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Lander (spacecraft)
A lander is a spacecraft which descends toward and comes to rest on the surface of an astronomical body.
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List of artificial objects in heliocentric orbit
Below is a list of artificial objects in heliocentric orbit.
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List of extraterrestrial orbiters
List of extraterrestrial orbiters is a listing of spacecraft that achieved an extraterrestrial orbit.
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List of lunar probes
This is a list of space probes that have flown by, impacted, orbited or landed on the Moon for the purpose of lunar exploration, as well as probes launched toward the Moon that failed to reach their target.
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List of missions to the Moon
As part of human exploration of the Moon, numerous space missions have been undertaken to study Earth's natural satellite.
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List of R-7 launches (1957–1959)
This is a list of launches made by the R-7 Semyorka ICBM, and its derivatives between 1957 and 1959.
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List of satellites which have provided data on Earth's magnetosphere
Below is a list of satellites which have provided data on the Earth's magnetosphere.
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List of spacecraft powered by non-rechargeable batteries
List of spacecraft powered by non-rechargeable batteries; spacecraft with non-recharged chemical batteries.
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List of spaceflight records
This is a list of spaceflight records.
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List of unmanned spacecraft by program
Here is an incomplete list of all unmanned spacecraft categorized by program.
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Luna (rocket)
The Luna 8K72 vehicles were carrier rockets used by the Soviet Union for nine space probe launch attempts in the Luna programme between 23 September 1958 and 16 April 1960.
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Luna 2
Luna 2 (E-1A series) or Lunik 2 was the second of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon.
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Luna E-1A No.1
Luna E-1A No.1 or E-1 No.5, sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1959A, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1959.
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Luna programme
The Luna programme (from the Russian word Луна "Luna" meaning "Lunar" or "Moon"), occasionally called Lunik or Lunnik by western media, was a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976.
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Lunar orbit
In astronomy, lunar orbit (also known as a selenocentric orbit) is the orbit of an object around the Moon.
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Mare Desiderii
Mare Desiderii ("Sea of Dreams") was an area of the Moon named after Luna 3 returned the first pictures of the far side.
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Mariner 2
Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), an American space probe to Venus, was the first robotic space probe to conduct a successful planetary encounter.
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Moon
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
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Moon landing
A Moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon.
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Outer space
Outer space, or just space, is the expanse that exists beyond the Earth and between celestial bodies.
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Outline of the Moon
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Moon: Moon – Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
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Pioneer 4
Pioneer 4 was an American spin-stabilized unmanned spacecraft launched as part of the Pioneer program on a lunar flyby trajectory and into a heliocentric orbit making it the first probe of the United States to escape from the Earth's gravity.
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RD-0109
The RD-0109 is a rocket engine burning liquid oxygen and kerosene in a gas generator combustion cycle.
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Sergei Korolev
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (a,, also transliterated as Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, Сергій Павлович Корольов Serhiy Pavlovych Korolyov; – 14 January 1966) worked as the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Solar wind
The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun, called the corona.
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Soviet space program
The Soviet space program (Russian: Космическая программа СССР, Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR) comprised several of the rocket and space exploration programs conducted by the Soviet Union (USSR) from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991.
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Space Age
The Space Age is a time period encompassing the activities related to the Space Race, space exploration, space technology, and the cultural developments influenced by these events.
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Space Race
The Space Race refers to the 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for dominance in spaceflight capability.
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Space weather
Space weather is a branch of space physics and aeronomy concerned with the time varying conditions within the Solar System, including the solar wind, emphasizing the space surrounding the Earth, including conditions in the magnetosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.
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Spacecraft
A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space.
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Spacecraft magnetometer
Spacecraft magnetometers are magnetometers used aboard spacecraft and satellites, mostly for scientific investigations, plus attitude sensing.
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Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
This timeline of artificial satellites and space probes includes unmanned spacecraft including technology demonstrators, observatories, lunar probes, and interplanetary probes.
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Timeline of Russian innovation
Timeline of Russian Innovation encompasses key events in the history of technology in Russia, starting from the Early East Slavs and up to the Russian Federation.
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Timeline of science fiction
This is a timeline of science fiction as a literary tradition.
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Timeline of Solar System exploration
This is a timeline of Solar System exploration ordered by date of spacecraft launch.
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Timeline of space exploration
This is for a timeline of space exploration including notable achievements and first accomplishments or major events in humanity's exploration of outer space.
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Timeline of the Space Race
This is a timeline of first achievements in spaceflight from the first intercontinental ballistic missile through the first multinational human-crewed mission—spanning the era of the Space Race.
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Trans-lunar injection
A trans-lunar injection (TLI) is a propulsive maneuver used to set a spacecraft on a trajectory that will cause it to arrive at the Moon.
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Van Allen radiation belt
A Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around a planet by that planet's magnetic field.
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1959
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1959 in spaceflight
Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to leave the gravitational influence of Earth.
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1959 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1959 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Redirects here:
Lunik 1, Lunik I, Mechta, Мечта.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_1
