Topic: Did You Know: Russian Lunokhod Rovers Created Memorials on the Moon Honoring Wom

[sam]

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/03/19/did-you-know-russian-lunokhod-rovers-created-memorials-on-the-moon-honoring-women/

The saga of the Soviet Union's Lunokhod moon rovers keeps getting more interesting! If you missed the update on our article about finding the "missing" Russian landers and rovers among the newly released Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images, the Lunokhod 2 rover was not exactly where one researcher initially thought – so there's now an updated image, which you can see at this link. But among all the research and poring over images that has been done since NASA released six month's worth of LRO data to the public earlier this week, Emily Lakdawalla from the Planetary Society uncovered an interesting tidbit about the Lunokhods which she generously passed on to me. After a little research, I found out more about an "extracurricular activity" the two Lunokhod rovers were commanded to do along their traverses on the lunar surface. They each created "memorials" to women on the Moon.

[Clive]

What a great article Sam.