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[zirk]

Yep, not many people know this but 50 years ago today, 21st July 1969, Russia Landed on the Moon,      ....well it was a kind of an Uncontrolled Landing, more of a Crash.

Lunar 15 was sent up by Russia on June 14, 1969, a few days before the Apollo 11 Launch, the Unmanned Spacecraft was capable of certain Scientific Studies including lunar surface photography, Lunar 15 was already in Orbit around the Moon whilst the Apollo 11 was planning its Landing on the Moon on the 20th July, the Russian Spacecraft after completing 86 communications sessions and 52 orbits of the Moon at various inclinations and altitudes began its descent.

Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin had already set foot on the Moon when Luna 15 fired its main retro rocket engine to initiate descent to the surface at 15:47 UT on 21 July 1969 just hours before Apollo 11 was due to leave.

So possibly a big achievement by Russia then ?, not really as Russia had Landed its first Moon Landing Spacecraft, Lunar 2, on the Moon 10 Years earlier back in 1959.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Yes, a very interesting set of facts

Russia were certainly not too far behind the USA, after they had after all started the whole space thing off getting Sputnick into orbit, before the USA could get their satalite ready, in 1957.  Then Russia got a dog into space, another first.

But of course the conspiracy theorists will say it all never happened, it was all done in a warehouse .

[zirk]

Yes, a very interesting set of facts

Russia were certainly not too far behind the USA, after they had after all started the whole space thing off getting Sputnick into orbit, before the USA could get their satalite ready, in 1957.  Then Russia got a dog into space, another first.

But of course the conspiracy theorists will say it all never happened, it was all done in a warehouse .

it wasnt a Warehoue, it was a Bread Factory, get it right Lizzie.

I was fortunate enough to go to Russias Star City Space Centre when I was in my Teens, and have to admit it was very impressive.

So who did Win the Space Race then, ? Put it this way, if you want to go into Space these days you need to learn to speak Russian and Take Off in a Russian Spacecraft in the middle of Kakistan.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Poor old Laika.....