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lunokhod Astronautics.|ˈl(j)uːnəkɒd, -xɒd|
Also (as the proper name of individual vehicles) with capital initial.
[a. Russ. lunokhód, f. luná moon + -khod, suffix denoting something that travels (f. khodít' to go).]
A type of Russian self-propelled, radio-controlled vehicle for transmitting information about the moon as it travels over its surface.
1970Guardian 18 Nov. 1/2 Russia is likely to try to bring its moon crawler Lunokod-1 back to earth. 1973Nature 30 Nov. 241/2 The thickness of the regolith decreased as the lunokhod approached the rille and the lip consisted of a rock ‘border’ with boulders of at least 1 to 2 m. Ibid., Magnetometer experiments, a new feature of Lunokhod-2. |