The first spacecraft to make it to the Moon was the Luna 2. The Luna 2 was made by the Soviet Union, and it reached the Moon in 1959. The Luna 2 took a direct path to the Moon, and the journey took approximately 34 hours. The shortest trip to the Moon was undertaken in 2006 by NASA, by the probe New Horizons.
ferrous metallurgy definition, ferrous metallurgy meaning | English dictionary. ferrous. n an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100Â°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO4, (Systematic name) iron(II) sulphate (Also called) copperas, green vitriol.
The following are ferrous metals and the kind of uses to which they are usually put: 1  Mild Steel â Carbon content of 0.1 to 0.3% and Iron content of 99.7 â 99.9%. 2  Used for engineering purposes and in general, none specialised metal products.