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Re: Flying Fact of the day

#21 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:03 am

John Hill wrote:
Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:59 am
1968 Zond-5 returned after circling the moon. Russian cosmonauts did not miss the opportunity to play a hoax on the US.
Full story of the mission and the splashdown down on the 21st September here.

http://russianspaceweb.com/zond5.html

It is a fascinating story of improvisation in the face of technical failures and adversity.
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