Jodrell Bank Archive Audio Recording of Zond 6 Soviet Space Mission (AUDIO)

University of Manchester

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Jodrell Bank archive audio recordings of a Soviet space mission from fifty years ago, just as the race to the Moon was approaching the finish line. On November 10th 1968, the Soviet Union launched Zond 6. Its mission was to loop around the Moon and return to Earth safely. Sir Bernard narrates the flight of Zond 6, from Nov. 13th to Nov. 17th, when the spacecraft returned to Earth

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The Jodrell Bank Observatory, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester

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