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Uncommon card · Science
Luna 2, an Uncommon card
Luna 2, originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon, E-1 No.7.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 76,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Luna 2 quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Luna 2 card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It followed a ______ path to the Moon.
Answer
direct. It followed a direct path to the Moon. From the Luna 2 article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The spacecraft was launched on 12 September ____ by the Luna 8K72 s/n I1-7B rocket.
Answer
1950s. The spacecraft was launched on 12 September 1959 by the Luna 8K72 s/n I1-7B rocket. From the Luna 2 article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was the first spacecraft to touch the surface of the Moon, and the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body.
- The spacecraft was launched on 12 September 1959 by the Luna 8K72 s/n I1-7B rocket.
- It followed a direct path to the Moon.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Luna 2 article was read about 76,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Luna 2
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Luna 2 (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA/NSSDCA (public domain), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
