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Kruger National Park

South Africa's flagship national park, roughly 19,485 km2 along the Mozambique border, consolidated as a national park in 1926 from the Sabi and Shingwedzi game reserves proclaimed under…

-24.0, 31.5 · approximate · 1898 (Sabi Game Reserve) – present; national park from 1926

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  • A place in: Safari Across Africa · 12 places

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  • is shaped boundary of of Fortress conservationKruger's boundary logic — exclusive state tenure, removal of resident use, defence against incursion — is the doctrine's clearest southern African expression.
  • is displaced from of Makuleke communityAbout 1,500 Makuleke people were forcibly removed from the Pafuri area in 1969 and the land was incorporated into Kruger National Park.
  • is protected at cost in of Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)Rhino security in large South African parks is delivered through armed patrol, dehorning and intelligence operations funded largely from tourism and donor income — the clearest case of protection whose cost is measurable.
Mission history61 missions · 19592026 · 2 planned
Luna 1 · 1959 · Soviet Union · FlybyLuna 2 · 1959 · Soviet Union · ImpactorLuna 3 · 1959 · Soviet Union · FlybyLuna 9 · 1966 · Soviet Union · LanderLuna 10 · 1966 · Soviet Union · OrbiterLuna 13 · 1966 · Soviet Union · LanderZond 5 · 1968 · Soviet Union · FlybyLuna 16 · 1970 · Soviet Union · Sample returnLuna 17 · Lunokhod 1 · 1970 · Soviet Union · RoverLuna 20 · 1972 · Soviet Union · Sample returnLuna 21 · Lunokhod 2 · 1973 · Soviet Union · RoverLuna 24 · 1976 · Soviet Union · Sample returnLuna 25 · 2023 · RU · LanderRanger 7 · 1964 · United States · ImpactorRanger 8 · 1965 · United States · ImpactorRanger 9 · 1965 · United States · ImpactorSurveyor 1 · 1966 · United States · LanderSurveyor 3 · 1967 · United States · LanderSurveyor 5 · 1967 · United States · LanderSurveyor 6 · 1967 · United States · LanderSurveyor 7 · 1968 · United States · LanderLunar Orbiter 1 · 1966 · United States · OrbiterApollo 8 · 1968 · United States · Crewed orbitApollo 11 · 1969 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 12 · 1969 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 13 · 1970 · United States · Crewed orbitApollo 14 · 1971 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 15 · 1971 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 16 · 1972 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 17 · 1972 · United States · Crewed landingClementine · 1994 · United States · OrbiterLunar Prospector · 1998 · United States · OrbiterLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter · 2009 · United States · OrbiterLCROSS · 2009 · United States · ImpactorGRAIL (Ebb and Flow) · 2012 · United States · OrbiterLADEE · 2013 · United States · OrbiterCAPSTONE · 2022 · United States · Technology demonstratorArtemis I · 2022 · United States · OrbiterArtemis II · 2026 · United States · Crewed orbitPeregrine Mission One · 2024 · United States · LanderIM-1 Odysseus · 2024 · United States · LanderBlue Ghost Mission 1 · 2025 · United States · LanderIM-2 Athena · 2025 · United States · LanderSMART-1 · 2004 · EU · OrbiterHiten · 1990 · JP · Technology demonstratorKaguya (SELENE) · 2007 · JP · OrbiterSLIM · 2024 · JP · LanderHakuto-R Mission 1 · 2023 · JP · LanderChang’e 1 · 2007 · CN · OrbiterChang’e 2 · 2010 · CN · OrbiterChang’e 3 · Yutu · 2013 · CN · RoverChang’e 4 · Yutu-2 · 2019 · CN · RoverChang’e 5 · 2020 · CN · Sample returnChang’e 6 · 2024 · CN · Sample returnChandrayaan-1 · 2008 · IN · OrbiterChandrayaan-2 · 2019 · IN · OrbiterChandrayaan-3 · Vikram and Pragyan · 2023 · IN · RoverDanuri (KPLO) · 2022 · KR · OrbiterBeresheet · 2019 · IL · LanderArtemis III · planned · United States · PlannedArtemis IV · planned · United States · Planned

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