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MichaelD Member Posts: 90 From: Troy Michigan USA Registered: May 2009	posted 06-02-2009 12:39 PM What brought me into collecting space items is my collection of Soviet/Russian space pennants of their robotic missions to the Moon, Venus and Mars I recently picked up a set of Luna II coin pennants. Does anyone know more about these, how many were made, what the Luna 2 aluminum strip pennants looked like?
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 06-02-2009 12:56 PM Don Mitchell's website about Soviet space history includes this mention and photo of the pennants for Luna 2: The pod also contained commemorative pennants, to be delivered to the Lunar surface. These included a metal ribbon bearing the date and the name of the USSR, and a pair of stainless steel spheres (7.5 and 12 cm in diameter) made up of pentagonal medals with the Soviet coat of arms. The spheres were filled with liquid and an explosive charge to burst apart on impact and scatter the pennants. However, with a Lunar impact speed of 3.3 km/sec, it is questionable if any part of the spacecraft could survive without being vaporized.
to-the-stars Member Posts: 15 From: Canada Registered: Jun 2009	posted 06-23-2009 07:04 PM There are more Russian pennats at Soviet Spacecraft Pennants.

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