Abstract
1960s were the years of space exploration. During the entire decade, the USSR and the United States of America were competing in exploring the space. In the first part of the decade, it seemed that the USSR had the benefit. However, the second part of the decade changed everything. In 1969, the first men landed on the Moon – the Earth satellite.
However, this is only an episode in the United States Moon exploration program. In 1966 – 1967, there have been launched several lunar orbit satellites. The satellites were exploring landing sites, detecting the frequency of meteorites coming near ...