Soviet Moon Landing: Lunar IX Transmits Photos To Earth
Soviet Moon Landing: Lunar IX Transmits Photos To Earth
The Soviet finally achieve a soft landing on the moon after at least four previous failures. Their Lunar IX sends back pictures that are received in England before the Russians have anything to say. The United States is not expected to put a Surveyor craft on the moon until this summer. POV - Looking up at the moon. CU - An animated picture of the Lunar landing vassal. MS - Another animated picture of the space craft leaving the earth and traveling to the moon and landing. MS - Closing in on the moon, they show how the surface would be. MS - A technician sitting a the controls of a master telescope, Jodrell Bank Conservatory in Manchester, England. Camera panning shot - The world's larges antenna. CUS - Another technician collecting and recording signals from the Russian Lunar Space Craft. CUS - Technician interpretations of the Russian's space signals. MS - The surface of the moon.