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LUNAN ORBIT AROUND THE MOON
he Soviet lunar probe launched onugust, is in orbit around the rooon, but there are indications that somo of its equipment is not operating properly.
A mid-course correction onugust placed the probe on course for the moon and it wentunar orbit on theday.
.unaay also ie equipped to collect other scientific data on the lunaras was its predecessor,hich was launched last March. Lunaas also placed in orbit around the moon but was
not designedhotographic mission.
A Soviet announcementa dayalf after Lunaeached the moon gave only bare details of the flight and of its orbit. Despite the statement that "the program of the flight is being fulfilledhe tardiness of the announcement, together with its failure to give anyof the probe's mission, that all is not well with Moreover, the probe is tumbling intermittently. This does not in itself spellfor the mission, but it night cause difficultieshotographic probe.
SOVIET LUNAR PROGRAM3
7 WEEKLY REVIEW
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