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L'union fait la force
L'union fait la force is a French language game show airing on Radio-Canada. It is hosted by Patrice L'Ecuyer. External links [L'union fait la force] ..

L'union sacrée
L'union sacrée (French for Sacred Union) was a French political movement that attempted to bring together political and religious factions to solidify support against Germany in World War One. On the first of August, 1914, the President of the French Republic, Raymond Poincaré, declares the war o..

L'Unità
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. L'Unità is an Italian newspaper, strictly linked to the party of the Democrats of the Left. History L'Unità was founded by Antonio Gramsci ..

L'Université Notra Dame des Ombres
In DC Comics L'Université Notra Dame des Ombres is a university in France where the Crimson Fox twins went to. ..

L'Univers Vivant
L'Univers Vivant is a French science fiction novel written by Henri René Guieu, under the pseudonym Jimmy Guieu. It was written in 1953. ..

LUN
In computer storage, a logical unit number or LUN is an address for an individual disk drive and by extension, the disk device itself. The term originated in the SCSI protocol as a way of differentiating individual disk drives within a common SCSI target device like a disk array. The term has beco..

Lun-class ekranoplan
The Lun-class (Russian: "Hen Harrier") (NATO reporting name: "Utka") (Russian: "Duck") ekranoplan was an extremely unusual "aircraft" used by the Soviet & Russian navies from 1987 to sometime in the late '90s. Wing-in-ground-effect aircraft use the extra lift of their large wings when in proximity ..

Luna
The term Luna (from Latin luna, lunae, also used in Italian and Spanish) can refer to the Earth's Moon. It can also refer to: Contents 1 Places2 People3 Fictional references4 Others5 See also Places Luna, a city in ancient Etruria. Spain* Luna, ZaragozaIndia* Luna, Raja..

Luna, Apayao
Luna is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Apayao, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 14,154 people in 2,776 households. Barangays Luna is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. BacsayCapagaypayanDagupanLappaMaragPoblacionQuirinoSalvacionSan Francisco..

Luna, Cluj
Luna is a location in Cluj County, Romania. ..

Luna, Isabela
Luna is a 5th class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 14,581 people in 2,965 households. Barangays Luna is politically subdivided into 19 barangays. BustamanteCentro 1 (Pob.)Centro 2 (Pob.)Centro 3 (Pob.)ConcepcionDadapHa..

Luna, La Union
Luna is a 4th class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 32,259 people in 6,561 households. Barangays Luna is politically subdivided into 40 barangays. AlcalaAyaoanBarangobongBarrientosBungroBuselbuselCabalitocanCantoria No..

Luna, Rajasthan
Luna, Rajasthan, India is famous as the birthplace of Mehdi Hassan. ..

Luna-C
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Luna: A Novel
Luna (1979) by Delacorta is a crime novel set in Paris and in rural France. It concerns the characters Alba, a teenager, and Serge Gorodish, her adult male companion. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Plot Alba is out running one day when she is k..

Lunaception
Lunaception is a form of birth control that depends upon the woman practicing it to align her menstrual cycle with the phases of the moon. The method was developed by Louise Lacey in 1974 through her book, "Lunaception : a feminine odyssey into fertility and contraception." The fundamental premise o..

Lunachicks
Lunachicks is a Riot Grrrl style all-women band, formed in New York City in 1987. They play a mix Punk Rock and Heavy Metal influenced by bands like Plasmatics, Wendy O. Williams and Chrissie Hynde Band Members Theo Kogan (lead vocals) (December 23 1969) Gina Volpe (guitar, vocals) Squid [..

Lunacon
Lunacon is an annual science fiction/fantasy convention organized by the New York State Science Fiction Society better known as The Lunarians. Commonly, it is held the third weekend of March. It is similar to conventions like Arisia, I-CON and WorldCon. The programming consists of a mix of all thing..

Lunacore
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LunaCorp
LunaCorp was a privately-funded mission designed to reach the Moon. It included a rover designed by Dr. Red Whittaker, chief scientist of the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its goal was to visit Apollo landing sites and explore near the Moon's poles, wh..

Lunacy (video game)
Lunacy is a videogame developed by System Sacom and published by Sega for Sega Saturn in 1997. Alternatively it was known as Torico in Europe, or, under its full title Gekka Mugentan Torico in Japan. Lunacy is a first-person adventure in the tradition of Myst, with a simple interface and many compl..

Lunacy Act
The 1845 Lunacy Act with the 1845 County Asylums Act was the basis of lunacy law in England and Wales from 1845 to 1890. ..

Lunacy driven
Lunacy Driven is a specializing in heavy metal music based out of Eden, North Carolina. The members consist of Mickey Armstrong (guitar and vocals), Danny Dix (bass guitar), Brandon Benge (drums), and Josh Church (lead guitar). Their music stems from a wide range of influences. Lunacy Driven has h..

Lunae
Lunae is a Spanish pop group composed of Tessa (born November 7, 1982), Elena Gadel (born November 11, 1982) and Marey (born ? 12, 1983), who were contestants in Operacion Triunfo a reality-show-cum-talent-contest popular on Spain's TVE network. Their debut single 'Hipnotizadas' was a major hit acr..

Lunahuaná
Lunahuaná is a town in the Cañete Province of the Lima Region, in western Peru. It has a population of 3,595 (1999 estimate) and is the largest town in the Lunahuaná District. It is known for its places for adventurous activities and sports, particularly canoeing and rafting. External link http..

Lunaire
Lunaire was the fourth single released by Þeyr, a legendary Icelandic New Wave/rock group in 1983. The single was recorded in June 1982 and issued by Gramm Records on a 7” vinyl record including three songs. The title song “Lunaire” is considered as the most punk-oriented work of Þeyr, loa..

Lunalilo
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Lunamaria Hawke
Lunamaria Hawke (transliterated as Runamaria Hooku [ルナマリア・ホーク] in the original Japanese version) is a fictional character in the anime series Gundam SEED Destiny. She's voiced by Maaya Sakamoto in the original Japanese version and by Maryke Hendrikse in the English dub. ..

Lunano
Lunano is a small town in the province of Pesaro e Urbino in Le Marche region of Italy. With a population of approximately 1,232, the town is located in the mountainous area of Montefeltro, in the Foglia River Valley. Resting on a hill overlooking the town is the Castle of Lunano, which dates back t..

Lunapark
As the first musical outing of Dean Wareham since the disbanding of Galaxie 500, Lunapark set forth the new musical directions of Wareham and embraced a musical sound that would continue to evolve throughout Luna's tenure. Originally recorded as a three-piece, Luna did not add guitarist Sean Eden ..

Lunaport
In the fictional Star Trek universe, Lunaport is one of the largest cities on the Earth's Moon. The city exists at least in the 24th century but not in the 2060's. Lunaport is visible from the Earth's surface. See also New Berlin (Star Trek)Tycho City ..

Lunar
Lunar, word derived from the Latin luna, meaning moon, may refer to: the Moon, an adjective that means having to do with or pertaining to the Moon, or to moons in generalLunar calendar, a calendar divided into periods based on the phases of the moonLunar series, a popular series of RPG video gameL..

LUNAR-A
LUNAR-A LUNAR-A Penetrator fall to the Moon surface LUNAR-A is a Japanese spacecraft that was scheduled to be launched in August 2004. It will be carried into space by a Japanese M-V launch vehicle from the Kagoshima Space Center. The vehicle is cylindrical in shape, with a diameter of..

Lunar: Dragon Song
Lunar: Dragon Song (called Lunar: Genesis （ルナ-ジェネシス-）in Japan and Europe) is a computer role-playing game for the Nintendo DS developed by Japan Art Media and published by Marvelous Interactive and Ubisoft in 2005. In addition to being the first game in the Lunar series for the ..

Lunar: Eternal Blue
Lunar: Eternal Blue is a turn-based role-playing game (RPG) released in 1994 for the Mega CD and in 1995 for its North American counterpart the Sega CD. It is part of the Lunar series and is the sequel to [[Lunar: The Silver Star]]. It was developed and published by Game Arts in Japan. Working Desi..

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete is a retitled version of , a video game developed by Japan Art Media and published by Kadokawa Shoten. The game uses an anime visual style and can be classified as a computer role playing game. It was originally released on the Sega Saturn console in Japan, but it ..

Lunar: The Silver Star
Lunar: The Silver Star (ルナ~サ・シルバースター Runa Za Shirubā Sutā) is the first game in the Lunar series and is a console RPG created by Game Arts for the Mega CD platform in Japan. It was the most popular game for the entire platform in Japan during the Mega CD's short lifespan. ..

Lunar: Walking School
Lunar: Walking School (in Japan Lunar: Samposuru Gakuen, sometimes translated as Lunar: Strolling School) is a Computer role-playing game in the Lunar series released for the Sega Game Gear in Japan in 1996. Since then, no international versions or translations have officially been released. It w..

Lunaria
For the band, click Lunaria (band). Lunaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to central and southern Europe. It includes two species, Perennial honesty and Annual honesty. They are widely grown as ornamental plants in gardens, and have become naturalised in many..

Lunaria (band)
For the plant, see Lunaria. Lunaria was an Argentine pop/rock/new wave band that has been around since 2001.The band is officially declared on hiatus on 2005 since the departure of lead guitarrist Andres Martinowitzsch. In the first months of 2006 the band broke up due to lack of personnel. Co..

Lunarin
Lunarin are a band from Singapore who enjoy playing music in the "alternative rock" vein, and are often described as "heavy yet lyrical". Their style of music has earned them much recognition in Singapore's local music scene. Contents 1 The Origins2 The Band3 The Music4 The ..

LunarStorm
LunarStorm is a virtual community website operated by a company called LunarWorks in Varberg, Sweden. The website is well known in Sweden, with in excess of 1.2 million users, and has now opened a service in the UK[PressBox.co.uk press release], November 2005. The predecessor to Lunarst..

Lunarstudio
LunarStudio was established by Charles Leo in January 2000 as a Medford-based architectural rendering and 3D computer graphics company that focuses on architectural renderings and 3d-based artwork. History In November, 2000, LunarStudio formed from the independent artwork of artist Charles Leo. Ov..

LunarWorks
LunarWorks is a Swedish company. It operates a popular virtual community called LunarStorm. The headquarter is located in Varberg. See also List of Swedish companies External links [LunarWorks] - Official site ..

Lunar "apexes"
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Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete is a retitled version of , a Japanese role-playing video game. It is the sequel to [[Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete]]. Originally released in 1998 for the Sega Saturn console in Japan, it was ported to PlayStation in 1999, and then translated for the North Americ..

Lunar and Planetary Institute
The Lunar and Planetary Institute is a NASA-funded research institute, dedicated to studies of the solar system, its evolution and formation. The Institute is part of the Universities Space Research Association, located in Houston, Texas. It maintains an extensive collections of lunar and planeta..

Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) is a research center for planetary science located in Tucson, Arizona. It is also a graduate school, constituting the Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona. LPL is one of the world's largest programs dedicated exclusively to planetar..

Lunar calendar
A lunar calendar is a calendar whose date indicates the moon phase. This is normally done by having a month which corresponds to a lunation so that the day of month indicates the moon phase. If a calendar tracks the seasons, it is also a lunisolar calendar. Contents 1 Examples2 Deter..

Lunar conjunction
A lunar conjunction is the moment when the earth, moon and sun, in that order, are approximately in a straight line. (See conjunction (astronomy) for a precise definition.) It is called the molad in Hebrew and is sometimes referred to as the new moon, though traditionally new moon refers to the fir..

Lunar craters named for space explorers
14 craters on the Moon have been named after astronauts and cosmonauts who have died as part of a space mission. Most are on the far side of the moon. Four craters were named after the Apollo 1 astronauts and a Soviet cosmonaut of the Soyuz 1 mission, all four of whom died in 1967: Virgil I. Griss..

Lunar crater locations
The red marker on this images illustrates the location of the crater feature on the near side of the Moon. Image:Location of albategnius crater.jpg|Albategnius crater Image:Location of lunar aristarchus crater.jpg|Aristarchus crater Image:Location of lunar aristoteles crater.jpg|Aristoteles Crater..

Lunar Crater National Natural Landmark
Lunar Crater National Natural Landmark is located 70 miles east-northeast of Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada. A 400-acre depression that is thought to have been formed by a past volcanic explosion, and one of two maars in the volcanic field of the Pancake Range. It was designated a National Natural La..

Lunar day
In space exploration, a lunar day is the period of time it takes for the Moon to complete one full rotation on its axis with respect to the Sun. Equivalently, it is the time it takes the Moon to make one complete orbit around the Earth and come back to the same phase. It is marked from a New Moon to..

Lunar deity
In the study of mythology, a lunar deity is a god or goddess associated with or symbolizing the moon: see moon (mythology). These deities can have a variety of functions and traditions depending upon the culture, but they are often related to or an enemy of the solar deity. List of Lunar Deities A..

Lunar distance
Lunar distance may refer to: Lunar distance (astronomy), the distance between the Earth and the Moon.Lunar distance (navigation), a measurement used in the calculation of longitude. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an r..

Lunar distance (astronomy)
In astronomy, a lunar distance (LD) is a measurement of the distance from the Earth to the Moon. The average distance from Earth to the Moon is 384,403 kilometers (238,857 miles). High-precision measurements of the lunar distance are made by measuring the time taken for light to travel between LI..

Lunar distance (navigation)
In celestial navigation, lunar distance is the angle of the Moon's centre from the Sun or a bright star as measured using a sextant. Given a lunar distance and a nautical almanac, it is possible to make an accurate calculation of the current time and thus longitude. See also Nevil MaskelyneJohn Har..

Lunar dome
A lunar dome is a type of shield volcano that is found on the surface of the Earth's moon. They are typically formed by highly viscous, possibly silica-rich lava, erupting from localized vents followed by relatively slow cooling. Lunar domes are wide, rounded, circular features with a gentle slope..

Lunar Dynasty
In Hindu society, the Kshatriya caste is divided into two principal houses, one claiming descent from the Sun (Surya) and the other from the Moon (Indu). This former is the Surya-vanshi (Solar Dynasty) while the latter is the Chandra-vanshi or Soma-vanshi (Lunar Dynasty). Legend says that these two ..

Lunar eclipse
An eclipse refers to the phenomenon of one body passing into the shadow cast by another body. In astronomy, the best-known type of eclipse occurs whenever the Sun, Earth and Moon line up exactly. If this occurrence is at the time of a full moon where the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow, it ..

Lunar effect
The lunar effect is the supposed influence of the moon and its phases on human behaviour. The origins of this belief are probably prehistoric and one reason for the global ubiquity of moon worship. This is certainly reflected in such phenomena as the harvest moon, and the known lunar-determined ma..

Lunar Escape Systems
As NASA planned for longer stays on the Moon after the first few Apollo flights, they had to consider a number of new issues. One of which was: what to do if you can't get back? Typically the longer a spacecraft is idle the less reliable it becomes, so after a stay of two weeks on the Moon the Lu..

Lunar Exalted
The Lunar Exalted are a sub-category of semi-divine heroes from the high fantasy role-playing game Exalted published by White Wolf Game Studio. They are briefly described in the game's core rulebook, but are given full attention in the "fatsplat" (hard-cover sourcebook) entitled Exalted: The Lunars ..

Lunar geologic timescale
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. The lunar geologic timescale (or perhaps more properly the selenologic timescale) divides the history of Earth'..

Lunar government
The idea of a lunar government is based on established theories of a world government on Earth. With existing plans for lunar bases present in European, American and Chinese mid- to long-term space goals, the prospects of having a sizable lunar research community on both the relatively flat near sid..

Lunar House
Lunar House is a twenty-storey office block on the East side (at No. 40) of Wellesley Road, Croydon, and houses the headquarters of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND), a part of the Home Office; the building's name has become synonymous with the IND, and is perceived by the British p..

Lunar ice
Astronomers and physicists believe they have found ice on the Moon, hidden in cold, dark craters just below the lunar surface. They cite as evidence the passage of neutrons indicative of the presence of hydrogen, a key component of water. [link] Lunar observers have used proxy measurement..

Lunar Infrastructure For Exploration
The Lunar Infrastructure For Exploration (LIFE) is a project of space telescope on the far side of the Moon which is actively promoted by EADS SPACE Transportation of Germany and the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy ASTRON. The project was presented for the first time publicly at the..

Lunar Jetman
Lunar Jetman is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1984. The game is the second in the Jetman series, following on from his adventures in Jetpac. In the game, Jetman has to defend the Earth (and himself) from a hostile alien base. The game was written by..

Lunar Jim
Lunar Jim is a pre-school oriented stop-motion animation television series produced in Canada by the Halifax Film Company and Alliance Atlantis. The show is based on an original concept created by Alexander Bar. In the United Kingdom it was revoiced using British actors. Lunar Jim and his team &nda..

Lunar Knights
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since May 2006. Lunar Knights (Working ..

Lunar Lander
For the spacecraft that landed humans on the Moon see Apollo Lunar Module Lunar Lander is the name of several computer games. In all variations of the game, the player must portion a limited amount of fuel to land on the moon without crashing. Lunar Lander (1973) Lunar Lander (also known as Moon..

Lunar Lander Analog Challenge
Announced by the Centennial Challenges program at the Xprize Cup Expo, the Lunar Lander Analog Challenge is a prize for the first team to launch a VTVL rocket that reaches the speed/altitude that would be equivalent to those needed by a lunar lander. The multi-level competition is conducted jointly..

Lunar laser ranging experiment
The Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment from the Apollo 11 mission The ongoing Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment measures the distance between the Earth and the Moon using laser ranging. Lasers on Earth are aimed at retroreflectors previously planted on the Moon and the time delay for the reflected l..

Lunar Legend
This for the video game Lunar Legend. For the manga and Anime of a similar name, see Tsukihime, Lunar Legend. Lunar Legend is an RPG for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance developed by Japan Art Media and published internationally by Ubisoft, who also provided the translation. It is in the Lunar se..

Lunar letters
In this article, phonemes are transliterated as in the article DIN 31635 (see also Arabic transliteration). In the Arabic language, the lunar letters or moon letters are the set of letters that, at the start of a word, do not assimilate with the ﻝ (l) of a preceding article. There are fourteen of..

Lunar Linux
The Lunar Linux logo; a stylized Rockhopper Penguin. Lunar Linux is a source based Linux distribution. It is built entirely by compiling source code, using custom optimizations. It installs a complete bootstrap development system first. After telling the Lunar package manager which software w..

Lunar Magic
Lunar Magic is a level editor for Super Mario World (SNES) created by FuSoYa. It's the first and the only level editor available for this game. In late September of the year 2000 it was finally released to the public for the first time. Then the editor grew up and there were more things to add to t..

Lunar mare
A global map of the moon showing the many dark maria clustered on the Lunar nearside The Lunar maria (singular: mare, pronounced MAH-ray) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient basaltic flood eruptions caused by extremely large meteoroid impacts. They were dubbed m..

Lunar meteorite
Lunar Meteorite Allan Hills 81005 A Lunar meteorite is a meteorite that is known to have originated on the Moon. Contents 1 Discovery2 Transfer to Earth3 Scientific relevance4 History5 Own your own moonrock6 References7 See also8 External links Disco..

Lunar month
In lunar calendars, a lunar month is the time between two successive similar syzygies (new moons or full moons). There are many variations. In Middle-Eastern and European traditions, the month starts when the young crescent moon becomes first visible at evening after conjunction with the Sun 1 or 2..

Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year may refer to the beginning of the year in several culture's calendars: Chinese New YearRosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)Muslim New YearThai New Year (Songkran)Vietnamese New Year (Tet) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same ..

Lunar New Year's Day
The Lunar New Year Day is the lunar calendar's equivalent of New Year's Day and is marked on the first day of the first month of the lunar year. This date varies in the Gregorian calendar. This is day is an official holiday in Hong Kong, as well as the The second day of the Lunar New Year. ..

Lunar New Year Fair
Lunar New Year Fair (年宵市場) is a fair held annually a few days before Lunar New Year in Hong Kong. The fair is held in various location in Hong Kong, notably Victoria Park and Fa Hui Park. Fair gathers hundreds of stalls for various goods. Half of the area is for selling auspicious flowe..

Lunar New Year Fireworks Display in Hong Kong
Lunar New Year Fireworks Display in Hong Kong is an annual event to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Hong Kong since 1982. It is held on The Second Day of Lunar New Year above the sky of Victoria Harbour in the evening. In 1982, to celebrate its' 150th anniversary, Jardine Matheson sponsored the f..

Lunar node
The lunar nodes are the orbital nodes of the Moon, that is, the points where the orbit of the Moon crosses the ecliptic (which is the apparent path of the Sun across the heavens against the background stars). The north or ascending node is where the moon crosses to the north of the ecliptic. The sou..

Lunar orbit
As used in the space program, this refers not to the orbit of Earth's Moon, but to orbits around that Moon by various manned or unmanned spacecraft. The first spacecraft to reach lunar orbit was the Soviet unmanned vehicle Lunik 1 in 1959. The vehicle flew once around the Moon, returning low quali..

Lunar Orbiter 1
Lunar Orbiter 1 Organization: NASA Major Contractors: Langley Research Center Mission Type: Lunar Science Satellite of: Moon Launch: August 10, 1966 at 19:26:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Atlas-Agena D Decay: Impacted lunar farside onOctober 29, 1966, at 7 degrees N, 161 degrees E...

Lunar Orbiter 2
Lunar Orbiter 2 Organization: NASA Major Contractors: Langley Research Center Mission Type: Lunar Science Satellite of: Moon Launch: November 6, 1966 at 23:21:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Atlas-Agena D Decay: Impacted lunar surface onOctober 11, 1967, at 3.0 degrees N, - 119.1 de..

Lunar Orbiter 3
Lunar Orbiter 3 Organization: NASA Major Contractors: Langley Research Center Mission Type: Lunar Science Satellite of: Moon Launch: February 5, 1967 at 01:17:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Atlas-Agena D Decay: Impacted lunar surface onOctober 9, 1967, at 14.3 degrees N, - 97.7 degr..

Lunar Orbiter 4
Lunar Orbiter 4 Organization: NASA Major Contractors: Langley Research Center Mission Type: Lunar Science Satellite of: Moon Launch: May 4, 1967 at 22:25:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Atlas-Agena D Decay: Impacted lunar surface no later thanOctober 31, 1967, near 22--30 degrees W. ..

Lunar Orbiter 5
Lunar Orbiter 5 Organization: NASA Major Contractors: Langley Research Center Mission Type: Lunar Science Satellite of: Moon Launch: August 1, 1967 at 22:32:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Atlas-Agena D Decay: Impacted lunar surface onJanuary 31, 1968, at 2.79 degrees S, - 83 degrees..

Lunar Orbiter program
Lunar orbiter spacecraft (NASA) The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of five unmanned Lunar orbiter missions launched by the United States in 1966 through 1967 with the purpose of mapping the lunar surface before the Apollo landings. All five missions were successful, and 99 % of the Moon w..

Lunar orbit rendezvous
Lunar Orbit Rendezvous was the method of flying to the moon used in the Apollo Missions, where a main ship would carry a ferry to the moon which would carry astronauts down to the surface. This "mode" of moon landing was one of three modes that were theories on how to land on the moon. The first w..

Lunar Park
Cover of Lunar Park Lunar Park (ISBN 0375412913) is a combined semi-autobiographical novelization of the life of Bret Easton Ellis and ghost story. It was released by Knopf on August 16, 2005. It is notable for being the first book written by Ellis to use past tense narrative. Contents 1&nb..

Lunar Pendant
History The Lunar Pendant is an ancient Gnostic pendant that was used by their Arch-Priest in various ceremonies. The pendant itself was said to hold the power of the moon and sun within it, and various deviations have been made throughout history. Gnostic families of Arch-Priests passed the Lunar..

Lunar phase
In astronomy, a phase of the Moon is any of the aspects or appearances presented by the Moon as seen from Earth, determined by the portion of the Moon that is visibly illuminated by the Sun. The lunar phases vary cyclically as the Moon orbits the Earth, according to the relative positions of the Ea..

Lunar plaque
Apollo 11 Plaque Inscription: Here Men from the Planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind (Signatures: Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin, Nixon) Lunar plaques are square stainless steel plaques (9" x 7 5/8") attached to the ladders on the descent sta..

Lunar Pool
The final stage in Lunar Pool. Lunar Pool is a rough billiards simulation created by Compile for the Nintendo Entertainment System, in which each stage is a differently shaped pool table. The object is to knock each ball into a pocket using a cue ball. There are sixty levels to choose from, a..

Lunar precession
The moon's elliptical orbit precesses about once in just under 9 years. It is caused by the solar tide. This precession period is equal to the time that number of sidereal months counted exceeds the number of anomalistic months counted by exactly one. This happens after about 3233 days. This prec..

Lunar Prospector
Lunar Prospector Organization: NASA Major contractors: Discovery Program Mission type: Planetary Science Launch: January 7, 1998at 02:28:44 UTC Launch vehicle: Athena 2 Mission highlight: Entered lunar orbit January 11, 1998, 10:28 UTC Mission duration: 570 days Mass: 158 ..

Lunar Receiving Laboratory
First samples from the Moon being delivered to LRL in 1969 The Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) is a facility at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (Building 37) that was constructed to quarantine astronauts and material brought back from the Moon during the Apollo program. After recovery ..

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is an unmanned orbiter planned for launch to the Moon in October 2008 aboard either a Atlas 5 or Delta IV. It is an early element of the implementation of the United States Vision for Space Exploration and its objective..

Lunar rover
The Lunar Roving Vehicle or Lunar rover or LRV is a land vehicle for use on the Moon. Several of the Apollo Lunar Module and Soviet Lunokhod program spacecraft delivered lunar rovers to the moon. Contents 1 History2 Features and specifications2.1 Usage2.2 Mass and payload2..

Lunar series
The Lunar games, made by Game Arts and published in the United States by Working Designs, and later, Ubisoft, are a series of computer RPGs. The original releases of The Silver Star and Eternal Blue, for Mega CD/Sega CD, were later remade for the Sega Saturn with considerable story, graphical, and..

Lunar Society
The Lunar Society was a discussion club of prominent industrialists and scientists who met regularly between 1765 and 1813 in Birmingham, England. At first called the Lunar Circle, 'Lunar Society' became the formal name by 1775. The society's name came from their practice of scheduling their meeti..

Lunar Society Moonstones
The Moonstones are a set of eight carved memorials to various members of the Lunar Society. Made in 1998, they can be viewed in the grounds of the Asda supermarket in Great Barr, Birmingham, England. They are visible from the road, when driving up Queslet Road from the Old Horns roundabout toward th..

Lunar space elevator
The lunar space elevator (also called a moonstalk) is an analog to the better known space elevator idea (a cable suspended above the Earth, with its center of gravity in geostationary orbit). It would instead be constructed with its center of gravity in a stationary position above the surface of th..

Lunar standstill
At the major lunar standstill, which takes place every 18.6 years, the range of the declination of the Moon reaches a maximum. As a result, at high latitudes, the Moon appears to move in just two weeks from high in the sky to low on the horizon. This time appears to have had special significance for..

Lunar Strain
Lunar Strain is the first album released by Swedish death metal band In Flames in 1994. In 1999, it was re-released in Japan, including all the tracks of the Subterranean album, under the title Lunar Strain & Subterranean. In this release, vocals were sung by Dark Tranquillity vocalist, Mikael Sta..

Lunar Surface Access Module
The Lunar Surface Access Module (LSAM) is the planned landing vehicle of Project Constellation that will allow astronauts to land on the lunar surface when flights to the Moon will resume after 2015. Description The LSAM, which is based on the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) used between 1969 and 1972, ..

Lunar theory
The Lunar theory is an explanation by mathematical reasoning of perturbations in the movements of the moon founded on the law of gravitation. See also John Flamsteed This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. ..

Lunar Underwing
The Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It has a scattered distribution in western Europe and Scandinavia. This is a variable species, the forewings ranging from pale buff to dark brown although the paler forms are generally more common. The forewings are usua..

Lunar year
Since there are about twelve lunations (synodic months) in a solar year, this period (354.37 days) is sometimes referred to as lunar year, corresponding to thirteen sidereal months (355.18 days). Lunisolar calendars that try to reconcile lunations with the solar year have to operate with intercal..

Lunar zone
Lunar Zone is a new, free phpbb hosting service located at [www.LunarZone.net]. Using this service, users have created online communities. One notable example is the [South Shore board] which is a place for chatters from the south side of Nova Scotia, Canada to gather. The ser..

Lunas
Lunas is the name of 2 communes in France: Lunas, in the Hérault départementLunas, in the Dordogne départementLunas, in the Kedah Malaysia This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish..

Lunas, Hérault
Lunas is a small village and commune of the Hérault département, in southwestern France. It is situated on the D35 between Lodève and Bédarieux. ..

Lunascape
Lunascape is a Belgian trip-hop band founded in the mid-1990s by Kyoko Baertsoen and Walter Hilhorst. The group was initially formed under the name Calyx, but changed it to avoid confusion with a London drum and bass group by the same name. Baertsoen and Hilhorst originally met at the television a..

Lunate
For the bone, see Lunate bone, for the letter see lunate sigma Lunate is a term meaning crescent or moon-shaped. In the specialized terminology of lithic reduction, a lunate flake is a small, crescent-shaped flake removed from a stone tool during the process of pressure flaking. ..

Lunate bone
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Lunatic
--> A lunatic (colloquially: "loony") is commonly used term for a person who is mentally ill, dangerous, foolish or unpredictable, a condition once called lunacy. The word is borrowed via French from Latin "lunaticus", which gains its stem from "luna" for moon, which denotes the traditional link m..

Lunatica
Lunatica is a symphonic metal group from Switzerland, founded in November 1998. Contents 1 Biography2 Members3 Former Members4 Discography5 Similar bands6 External links Biography The first songs for their debut album Atlantis, which was written by Alex and Sandro..

Lunático
Lunático is the third album by Gotan Project. It was released in 2006 by the Paris-based ¡Ya Basta! records, run by Philippe Cohen Solal. Track listing "Amor Porteño""Notas""Diferente""Celos""Lunático""Mi Confesión""Tango Canción""La Vigüela""Criminal""Arrabal""Domingo""Paris, Texas" Perso..

Lunatics without Skateboards Inc.
Lunatics Without Skateboards Inc. (Commonly abbreviated as LWS Inc) was a speed / thrash metal band from the Netherlands. The band was founded in 1988 by Van Zadelhoff and Frijn and released a demo a year later. The demo was called Death an Die Demo, because in every song at least one time the word ..

Lunatic (band)
French Hip Hop is simply not complete without referencing its most famous offering. Lunatic argueably were the best French hip hop group of their time. Both members, Booba and Ali have gone onto successful solo careers since. Discography Le Crime Paie 1996Mauvais Oeil 2000 See also French hip hop..

Lunatic Calm
Lunatic Calm is a UK-based electronic music group, specializing in big-beat hardcore and down-tempo trip-hop. Formed in 1996 and comprised of Simon "sHack" Shackleton and Howard "Howie" Saunders, they composed and produced several high-energy tracks and two albums. They are most famous for their t..

Lunatic Candy Kreep
Lunatic Candy Kreep are four piece Heavy Metal/Hard Rock band, formed in 1997. Contents 1 History2 Current3 Members3.1 Current3.2 Former4 Discography4.1 Albums5 External links History The band originally formed in Charlotte, NC in 1997, coming from the sa..

Lunatic Fringe
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lunatic Fringe can refer to: A program on PCU Prankcall Underground Radio.A screensaver that is part of the After Dark screensaver pack.A song recorded in 1981 by Red Rider, from their album As Far as Siam. redirect[[Template:Disam..

Lunatic Gods
Lunatic Gods is an atmospheric doom black death metal band from Martin, Slovakia. The band was founded in 1994 by Hirax (guitars). They chose name Bestialit. Band's name was changed to Lunatic Gods in 1996. Discography 1994 Bestialit/Dehydrated [split CD󣢜 Inhuman and Insensible1998 Si..

Lunatic Groove
Lunatic Groove Lunatic Groove is a six man a cappella vocal band from Philadelphia, PA. Formed in 2003 they gig up and down the east coast and are currently promoting a self titled EP. Members Michael DeLaura (tenor 1)Joe Anzuena (tenor 2)Josh Skaroff (tenor 3)Jonathan Sears (baritone)John B..

Lunatic Harness
Lunatic Harness is the fourth album from British intelligent dance music producer µ-ziq. It was released on July 29, 1997, on the Astralwerks record label. It is the follow up to In Pine Effect. Track listing Brace Yourself Jason – 6:22Hasty Boom Alert – 5:15Mushroom Compost – 3:19Blainvill..

Lunatic labs
Lunatic Labs was a BBS (Bulletin Board System) that operated in Hayward, CA and later Los Angeles, CA from the late 1980's to the mid 1990's. It was sysop'd by The Mad Alchemist. The BBS hosted the Phrack e-zine for a short period as it was the contact point for the editors from Issue 15 to 17. &#..

Lunation Number
Lunation Number is a number given to each new moon beginning from a certain one in history, usually but not always taken to be the first new moon of 1923. External links [Table of recent and upcoming lunation numbers][Lunation number in ScienceWorld] ..

Lunato
Lunato is a visual modelling editor for the Goal-Oriented Requirements Language. External links [Official website] ..

Lunatone
is a fictional being of the Pokémon franchise. It is an animate, telekinetic meteorite evocative of the moon. Its name is a combination of the Latin root luna (moon) and stone. This means that its name translates to "Moon Stone", which is also the name of the item it often carries. Contents 1..

Lunavada
Lunavada is a taluka and a small town in the Panchmahal District in the Northern part of Gujarat state of India. During British Raj, Lunavada was one of the princely states under the Gujarat division of Bombay Presidency, whose chieftain was a Rajput "maharana" of high linage. The capital was Luna..

Lunaversary
A Lunaversary, similar to anniversary, is an occasion that occurs one month after the original event. For instance, couples that have been together for one month may celebrate their first lunaversary. ..

Lunaverse
The Lunaverse is an alternate universe in Magical DoReMi where spell drops are made and people possess all types of strange magic. The owner of the Doremi Magic Shop becomes the next queen of the Lunaverse and that's why Patina wants to keep it away from Petunia. The Lunaverse also offers gainful ..

Lunawada
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Lunawada is a small town belonging to the Panch Mahal district in Gujarat State, India. It is very close to a recently popular town called Godhra, where the freak accident of Sabarmati Express had happened. Lunawada gets its fresh water from Panaam river. People of..

Luna (band)
Luna was a band formed in 1991 by Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500, with Stanley Demeski and Justin Harwood (Demeski formerly of The Feelies and Harwood formerly of New Zealand band The Chills). They announced plans to breakup in 2004, and played their final concert at the Bowery Bal..

Luna (comics)
Luna Maximoff is a fictional character, a supporting character in the Marvel Comics universe. The daughter of Quicksilver and Crystal, she was born in Fantastic Four #240, written and drawn by John Byrne. She is named after the moon, having been born there. The first child to be born to a mutant ..

Luna (Etruria)
Luna (mod. Luni) was an ancient city of Etruria, Italy, 4~ miles southeast of modern Sarzana. It was the frontier town of Etruria, on the left bank of the river Macra, the boundary in imperial times between Etruria and Liguria. When the Romans first appeared in these parts, however, the Ligurians ..

Luna (L98)
Luna (L98) was a young male orca that was born into the Southern Resident community in British Columbia, Canada and Washington, USA, in the year 1999. Born into the L1 pod, L2 matriline, consisting of matriarch Grace (L2), Orcan (L39), Gaia (L78), Wavewalker (L88) and mother Splash (L67), there was ..

Luna (novel)
Luna is a young adult novel by Julie Anne Peters, first published in 2004. It deals with the Regan, a fifteen-year-old girl who knows a dark secret about her older brother, Liam. He is a transsexual, and desires to live life as a girl named Luna. Regan helps her brother dress as a girl in secret, ..

Luna (Sailor Moon)
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Luna's Human form is Sailor Moon's guide cat and embodied conscience. She is there to train Sailor Moon a..

Luna (Samurai Troopers)
Luna is a fictional character who appears in the Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers (鎧伝サムライトルーパー) (Ronin Warriors) OVA, Gaiden (Side Story). Her English dub name is Runa. Luna is a 14 year old American who lives in New York and her only family is an older brother (his name was neve..

Luna (TV series)
Brat (Aaron Brown), Andy (Colin Bennett) and Luna (Patsy Kensit), 1983 Luna, the TV show, was a children's science fiction show shown on television in the UK which ran for two seasons in 1983 and 1984. Luna was also the name of the show's central character, played by a juvenile Patsy Kensit (..

Luna (Ultima Online)
Luna is the main city, of two, in the world of Malas in the Ultima Online world, introduced in the [[Ultima Online: Age of Shadows|Age of Shadows]] expansion. Luna has a sandstone theme with many different player-owned vendors located inside the walls. All property within these walls is considered t..

Luna 1
Luna 1 (Metchta) Organization: Soviet Union Major contractors: OKB-1 Mission type: Planetary ScienceLunar impact Launch: January 2, 1959 at 16:41:21 UTC Launch vehicle: SS-6/R-7 (8K72) Mission highlight: Fly-by of Moon on January 4, 1959at distance of 5,995 km Mission duration..

Luna 10
Luna 10 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary Science Lunar Orbit Satellite of: Moon Launch: March 31, 1966 at 10:48:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M (4-Stage R-7 / SS-6) Mission Highlight: Entered lunar orbit on April 3, 19..

Luna 11
Luna 11 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary Science Lunar Orbit Satellite of: Moon Launch: August 24, 1966 at 08:03:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M (4-Stage R-7 / SS-6) Mission Highlight: Entered lunar orbit on August 27,..

Luna 12
Luna 12 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary Science Lunar Orbit Satellite of: Moon Launch: October 22, 1966 at 08:38:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M (4-Stage R-7 / SS-6) Mission Highlight: Entered lunar orbit on October 2..

Luna 13
Luna 13 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary Science Lunar landing Satellite of: Moon Launch: December 21, 1966. 10:17:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M (4-Stage R-7 / SS-6) Mission Highlight: Lunar soft landing on December ..

Luna 14
Luna 14 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary Science Lunar Orbit Satellite of: Moon Launch: April 7, 1968 at 10:09:32 UTC Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M (4-Stage R-7 / SS-6) Mission Highlight: Entered lunar orbit on April 10, 19..

Luna 15
Luna 15 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary ScienceLunar Sample Return Satellite of: Moon Launch: July 13, 1969 at 02:54:42 UTC Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K + Blok D Mission Highlight: Lunar impact on July 21, 1969, 15:47 UTCa..

Luna 16
Luna 16 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary ScienceLunar Sample Return Satellite of: Moon Launch: September 12, 1970 at 13:25:53 UTC Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K + Blok D Mission Highlight: 101-gram sample returned onSeptember..

Luna 17
Luna 17 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary ScienceLunar roving vehicle Satellite of: Moon Launch: November 10, 1970 at 14:44:01 UTC Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K + Blok D Mission Highlight: Landed lunar roving vehicleNovember ..

Luna 18
Luna 18 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary ScienceLunar Sample Return Satellite of: Moon Launch: September 2, 1971 at 13:40:40 UTC Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K + Blok D Mission Highlight: Lunar impact on September 11, 1971, 0..

Luna 19
Luna 19 Organization: Soviet Union Major contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission type: Planetary ScienceLunar orbiter Launch: September 28, 1971 at 10:00:22 UTC Launch vehicle: Proton 8K82K + Blok D Mission highlight: Entered lunar orbit on October 3, 1971 Mission duration: ~388-..

Luna 1958A
Luna 1958A (E-1 series) was the first Soviet attempt at reaching the Moon. It was launched on 1958 September 23 with the objective of crash landing on the Moon's surface. The mission was also to include the release of a small cloud of sodium and create a "sodium comet" which could be seen from Earth..

Luna 1958B
Luna 1958B (E-1 series) was the second Soviet unmanned space mission to the Moon. It was launched on October 12, 1958 and its mission was to crash into the Moon's surface. Its failed predecessor, Luna 1958A, had carried a sodium container with the aim of producing a visible puff of sodium on impact,..

Luna 1958C
Luna 1958C (E-1 series) was the third Soviet attempt at an unmanned space mission to the Moon. It was launched on December 4, 1958, and its mission was to crash into the Moon's surface. Its failed predecessor, Luna 1958A, had carried a sodium container with the aim of producing a visible puff of sod..

Luna 1975A
Luna 1975A Image here Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: Mission Type: Planetary ScienceLunar Sample Return Satellite of: Launch: October 16, 1975 at 4:04 UTC Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K + Blok D Mission Highlight: Failed to enter Earth orbit Mission Duration..

Luna 2
Luna 2 Organization: Soviet Union Major contractors: OKB-1 Mission type: Lunar ScienceLunar impact Launch: September 12, 1959 at 06:39:42 UTC Launch vehicle: SS-6/R-7 (8K72) Mission highlight: Lunar impact (see below) Mission duration: 33.5 hours Mass: 390.2 kg (860.2 lb) ..

Luna 20
Luna 20 Organization: Soviet Union Major contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission type: Planetary ScienceLunar Sample Return Launch: February 14, 1972 at03:27:59 UTC Launch vehicle: Proton 8K82K + Blok D Mission highlight: 55-gram Lunar samplereturned to Earth onFebruary 25, 1972,19:..

Luna 21
Luna 21 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary ScienceLunar roving vehicle Satellite of: Moon Launch: January 8, 1973 at06:55:38 UTC Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K + Blok D Mission Highlight: Landed lunar roving vehicleJanuary 15, ..

Luna 22
Luna 22 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary ScienceLunar orbiter Satellite of: Moon Launch: May 29, 1974 at 08:57:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K + Blok D Mission Highlight: Entered lunar orbit on June 2, 1974 Mission D..

Luna 23
Luna 23 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary ScienceLunar Sample Return Satellite of: Moon Launch: October 28, 1974 at14:30:32 UTC Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K + Blok D Mission Highlight: Landed on moonNovember 6, 1974at ~12° ..

Luna 24
Luna 24 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: NPO Lavochkin Mission Type: Lunar ScienceLunar Sample Return Satellite of: Moon Launch: August 9, 1976 at15:04:12 UTC Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K + Blok D Mission Highlight: 170 gram Lunar samplereturned to earth on Augu..

Luna 3
Luna 3 Organization: Soviet Union Major contractors: OKB-1 Mission type: Planetary ScienceLunar Flyby Launch: October 4, 1959 at 02:24:00 UTC Launch vehicle: SS-6/R-7 (8K72) Mission highlight: Lunar flyby October 6, 1959, 14:16 UTC at distance of 6,200 km near south pole Missi..

Luna 4
Luna 4 Organization: Soviet Union Major contractors: OKB-1 Mission type: Planetary ScienceLunar landing Launch: April 2, 1963 at 08:04:00 UTC Launch vehicle: Molniya 8K78 (4-Stage R-7 / SS-6) Mission highlight: Lunar flybyApril 5, 1963, 13:25 UTC at distance of 8336.2 km Missi..

Luna 5
Luna 5 Organization: Soviet Union Major contractors: OKB-1 Mission type: Planetary ScienceLunar landing Launch: May 9, 1965 at 07:55:00 UTC Launch vehicle: Molniya 8K78M (4-Stage R-7 / SS-6) Mission highlight: Lunar impact (see below) Mission duration: 3 days Mass: 1,474 ..

Luna 6
Luna 6 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: OKB-1 Mission Type: Planetary Science Lunar landing Satellite of: Sun Launch: June 8, 1965 at 07:41:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M (4-Stage R-7 / SS-6) Mission Highlight: Lunar flyby 159,612.8 km on June 11, 1965, a..

Luna 7
Luna 7 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: OKB-1 Mission Type: Planetary Science Lunar landing Satellite of: Moon Launch: October 4, 1965 at 07:55:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78 (4-Stage R-7 / SS-6) Mission Highlight: Lunar impact on October 7, 1965, 22:08 UTC..

Luna 8
Luna 8 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: OKB-1 Mission Type: Planetary Science Lunar landing Satellite of: Moon Launch: December 3, 1965 at 10:48:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78 (4-Stage R-7 / SS-6) Mission Highlight: Lunar impact on December 6, 1965, 21:51..

Luna 9
Luna 9 Organization: Soviet Union Major Contractors: GSMZ Lavochkin Mission Type: Planetary Science Lunar landing Satellite of: Moon Launch: January 31, 1966. 11:45:00 UTC Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M (4-Stage R-7 / SS-6) Mission Highlight: Lunar soft landing on February 3,..

Luna Amară
Luna Amară is a Romanian band. The name means "Bitter Moon" in Romanian, and is borowed from the Roman Polański movie of the same name, inspired by the eponymous novel written by Pascal Bruckner. The band was founded in September 1999 under the name Tanagra Noise by Nick Făgădar (vocals, guitar..

Luna County, New Mexico
Luna County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of 2000, the population was 25,016. Its county seat is Deming6. Contents 1 Geography2 Pancho Villa's Raid2.1 Adjacent Counties3 Demographics4 Cities and towns Geography According to the U.S. Census Bu..

Luna de Xelajú
"Luna de Xelajú" is a very popular Guatemalan waltz, played on marimba, created by Paco Pérez. Xelajú (pronounced shay-lah-KHOO) is actually the name used by the Mayans for the Guatemalan city Quetzaltenango. The song was written to Eugenia Cohen, a beautiful Jewish lady who stole the writer's he..

Luna forest
In Ptolemy's Geography (book 2, chapter 10), the Luna forest (also known as Luna silva or Louna hule) is a geographical feature whose location is not known now with any certainty. According to Ptolemy, the forest was located on the north bank of the Danube, downstream from the Gabreta Forest but be..

Luna Gotra
Luna Gotra is a sub-tribe (or "Gotra") of the Chadhar clan, located in Punjab, Pakistan. Their main village is Chak Lune on the left bank of Chenab river in tehsil Chiniot Distrcit Jhang behind the Rajoa Sadat territory. The famous Punjabi folk singer Allah Ditta Lunewala also belongs to this villag..

Luna Innovations
Luna Innovations is a company headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia. Luna Innovations has developed over a dozen products and technologies for applications related to molecular chemistry and sensing. The molecular technologies division specializes in coatings, flame retardants, and nanomaterials. ..

Luna Lake, Arizona
Luna Lake is a natural body of water that covers approximately 120 acres of land. It is located about three miles southeast of Alpine, Arizona at the elevation of 7,900 ft. Luna Lake has the distinction of being part of the San Francisco River, flowing easterly into New Mexico, then south, and wes..

Luna Lane
Luna Lane is an adult film actress. She began working in the porn industry in 2001. A tape on which she was filmed performing oral sex on Exploitedteens.com, was purported[[Citing sources citation needed]] to show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and American Pie star, Alyson Hann..

Luna Leopold
Luna Bergere Leopold (October 8, 1915 in Albuquerque, NM-February 23, 2006 in Berkeley, CA) was a leading US geomorphologist, and son of Aldo Leopold. A famous US hydrologist, he suggested that a new philosophy of water management is needed, one based on geologic, geographic, and climatic factor..

Luna Live
Luna Live is a live album by Luna. It was recorded at the [[9:30 Club]] in Washington, D.C. and at The Knitting Factory in New York. Tracklisting (all songs written by Dean Wareham, except where noted) "Bewitched" – 4:38"Chinatown" – 4:53"Friendly Advice" – 4:14"Pup Tent" – 6:00"Sideshow ..

Luna Lounge
Luna Lounge was a bar on the west side of Ludlow Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side. It was a popular venue for local bands and stand-up comics (the rock band Interpol played there early on and last returned in 2003 to perform a secret show under the name "Cuddleworthy"). A foosball table was loc..

Luna Lovegood
Luna "Loony" Lovegood (born c. 1981) is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series. She is described as looking like an embodiment of dottiness, with her wand tucked behind her ear for safekeeping, giant turnip earrings, and a necklace made of butterbeer corks. Luna's father is the editor o..

Luna Nera
Luna Nera is a collaborative group of international artists who make site-specific artworks. Members of Luna Nera have exhibited in a number of venues ranging from disused buildings to Tate Britain. The organisation was founded in 1997 to create works in response to significant urban sites which hav..

Luna Papa
Luna Papa is a 1999 movie by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov with collaboration from Germany, Japan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Russia. Cast Chulpan Khamatova - MamlakatMoritz Bleibtreu - NasreddinAto Mukhamedzhanov - Safar External links ..

Luna Park, Buenos Aires
For other places with the same name, see Luna Park (disambiguation). Luna Park is an 8,000 seat arena located on the corner of Corrientes and Leandro N. Alem Avenues, in the barrio of San Nicolás, east Buenos Aires city, and near Puerto Madero. It is known for hosting sporting events (mainly box..

Luna Park, Coney Island
For other places with the same name, see Luna Park (disambiguation). Luna Park was an amusement park at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City from 1903 to 1944. The park's creators, Frederick Thompson and Elmer Dundy, created a wildly successful ride called "A Trip To The Moon", a part of the Pan-..

Luna Park, Melbourne
For other places with the same name, see Luna Park (disambiguation). Melbourne's Luna Park, St Kilda Luna Park is an amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda, Victoria, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It opened in 1912 and has been operating since. I..

Luna Parker
Luna Parker was a French pop group in the 1980's. History Rachel Ortas and Eric Tabuchi formed the pop duo after leaving the French New Wave band Tokow Boys. Their single Tes états d'âme Éric was an enormous hit in France in 1986. They only released one album Félin pour l'autre in 1988. Their s..

Luna Park (disambiguation)
Luna Park was the originally the name of the second major amusement park at Coney Island, ultimately named for the spaceship in the Buffalo, New York World's Fair ride "A Trip to the Moon". The name has also come to refer to: Luna Park is the name of a play by Donald Margulies.Luna Park is the name..

Luna Park Sydney
For other places with the same name, see Luna Park (disambiguation). Luna Park Sydney (originally Luna Park Milsons Point, now formally Sydney's Luna Park) is a historical amusement park, located on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour, Australia. The heritage-listed park first opened in 1935, and ..

Luna Peak
Luna Peak can refer to either: Luna Peak (Washington) in the Picket Range of the North CascadesLuna Peak (British Columbia) in the Coast Range redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..

Luna Peak (British Columbia)
Luna Peak is one of the Borealis Peaks in the Coast Range of British Columbia, Canada. External link [Luna Peak on bivouac.com] ..

Luna Peak (Washington)
Luna Peak is the highest mountain in the Picket Range, an extremely rugged subrange of the North Cascades in the American state of Washington. It is located within North Cascades National Park. It is notable for its large local relief and isolated position on a far-flung eastern ridge of the Pick..

Luna Pier, Michigan
Luna Pier is a small city in Monroe County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located 6 miles from the Ohio border along the coast of Lake Erie. It was established in the early 1900s and incorporated as a city in 1963. It functions primarily as a resort for people living in the greater Toledo, Ohi..

Luna programme
The Luna programme (occasionally called Lunik) was a series of unmanned space missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976. 15 were successful, each designed as either an orbiter or lander, and accomplished many firsts in space exploration. They also performed many experiments..