SOVIET LUNAR SOFT-LANDING ATTEMPT AN APPARENT
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SOVIET LUNAR SOFT-LANDING ATTEMPT AN APPARENT FAILURE
Soviet lunar probe,as apparently failed in an attempt to soft land instruments on the moon.
The Soviets have announced that Lunlk-5, launcheday, "hit" the moon in the area of the Sea of Clouds at. EOT,ay. This use of the word "hit"and the loss of signals by Jodrell Bank monitoringin England at about thetime of tbe "hit" strongly suggest that the probe wason impact. Moreover, the
Soviets stated that the "flight and approach" ofreat deal ofnecessary for theystecoft landing on the moon's surface."
Despite this apparent Soviet attempt toailure tooft landing, till represents at least asuccessrogram plagued by failure. as the first to hit the moon of eight Soviet lunar probes using th^^arth uark-ina: orbit technique.
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