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Creation of Lunokhod-1 as an outstanding scientific and technological achievement of the XX century

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The article discusses the history of the development and experimental testing of the automatic self-propelled chassis Lunokhod-1 and the scientific and technical problems that were solved in the course of this work. The reaction of scientists and the world community to the first studies of the lunar surface using an automatic mobile laboratory is discussed.

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  1. St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics, St. Petersburg, Russia

    M. I. Malenkov

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Original Russian Text © M.I. Malenkov, 2011, published in Vestnik FGUP NPO imeni S.A. Lavochkina, 2011, No. 1, pp. 13–21.

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Malenkov, M.I. Creation of Lunokhod-1 as an outstanding scientific and technological achievement of the XX century. Sol Syst Res 47, 610–617 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094612070167

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