Word: mooned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rock is almost completely de pendent upon a lunar condition known as the "honey moon," and its assent is along a precalculated bridal path...
...Russians predicted that Lunik would swing back toward the earth, passing 25,000 miles away (v. 26,400 miles maximum for the U.S.'s paddle-wheel satellite.) Then it will revolve around the earth for an indefinite period, moving out beyond the moon's orbit in a long ellipse and taking about 15 days to complete a full circuit. The plane of its ellipse is not the same as that of the moon's orbit but is nearly perpendicular...
Lunik III is a small, new member of the earth-moon system, and its big associates can tug at it strongly whenever it gets within range. The effect on its orbit will be greatest whenever Lunik III comes close to the moon, but this will not happen often. Eventually, Lunik may be attracted down to the moon's surface, or perhaps the moon will deflect it into a course that will hit the earth's atmosphere and bring its historic career to a fiery...
MOSCOW, Oct. 18--Lunik III has transmitted back to earth mankind's first pictures of the far side of the moon, the official Tass news agency announced yesterday. The official announcement said Lunik was "completing its first revolution around the earth" at 11:50 a.m. on its return trip from the moon...
...While rounding the moon, pictures were taken of its far side, which is invisible from the earth," Tass said. "The results of the scientific measurements and photographs are being processed...