Russian spacecraft landed on moon hours before Americans - Polidicks

[quote] [B]A previously unheard recording of a Russian spacecraft attempting to beat NASA's Apollo 11 in 1969's race to the moon has been released. [/B] In July 1969, the telescopes at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, in Cheshire, were tracking the Americans' Eagle Lander carrying astronauts towards the moon's surface. Sir Bernard Lovell, the astronomer, was among the team listening to transmissions coming from the area of space and began tracking the unmanned Soviet spacecraft Luna 15, which was trying to collect samples of lunar soil and rock and then return to Earth before the US mission. The recordings from Jodrell's Lovell radio telescope, which were hidden in archives until researchers found them, show the Russian craft orbited the Moon and crash-landed onto its surface at 15:50 on July 21 – just a few hours before the Americans lifted off. In the newly released recordings, which were made over three days, Sir Bernard, the founder of Jodrell Bank, can be heard narrating events with conversation from the Apollo 11 astronauts in the background. Sir Bernard notes a change in the orbit of Luna 15 to take it closer to the US landing site and later reports a rumour from a "well-informed source in Moscow" that the craft is about to land. People in Jodrell's control room can then be heard shouting "it's landing" and "it's going down much too fast" as they track Luna 15's final moments before it crashes. A voice is later heard saying: "I say, this has really been drama of the highest order." The recordings have been released by The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Moon landings.[/quote] [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/5737854/Russian-spacecraft-landed-on-moon-hours-before-Americans.html[/url] [img]http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/33500/Russian-Moon-Landing--33756.jpg[/img] GG America

America now has nothing worth bragging about. Rate me dumb Americunts, you know you want to. Phone me up at -removed- if you think your limp American dick is hard enough to talk to a real man. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Trolling" - Craptasket))[/highlight]

so... it's a satellite then. i'm pretty sure that the east and west launched tonnes of those

[QUOTE=Archy;27588703]so... it's a satellite then. i'm pretty sure that the east and west launched tonnes of those[/QUOTE] Yeh but this was the first thing on the moon.

[QUOTE=iusehax;27588723]Yeh but this was the first thing on the moon.[/QUOTE] no, that was the russian luna-2

[QUOTE=AxeCop;27588667]America now has nothing worth bragging about.[/QUOTE] First country to put humans on the moon?

[QUOTE=AxeCop;27588667]America now has nothing worth bragging about.[/QUOTE] They managed to get 3 guys to the moon and back, I think they're allowed to brag about it. However it was still the Russians that first managed to land on the Moon. LUNA-9.

[QUOTE=Archy;27588736]no, that was the russian luna-2[/QUOTE] So it was still Russians anyway

Guys, settle down... We all know that it was a staged moon the Russians crash landed on. The Soviet version of the film set we Americans used.

[QUOTE=Dr Smashy;27588745]First country to put humans on the moon?[/QUOTE] That was Mother Russia.

[QUOTE=iusehax;27588767]So it was still Russians anyway[/QUOTE] i thought it was common knowledge that the russians were first [editline]22nd January 2011[/editline] the significance of apollo 11 was the fact it made america the first to land humans on the moon

Not a single fuck was given.

Not my fault America is a cesspopl of downs syndrome.

why does it matter again.

[QUOTE=AxeCop;27588995]Not my fault America is a cesspopl of downs syndrome.[/QUOTE] You're an idiot. Interesting that this happened, surprised it hasn't been released until now!

[highlight]okay, history lesson for all you dumbasses[/highlight] russia landed a satellite first, usa landed a man first russia tried to land a satellite before the americans could get their men down onto the surface this is nothing significant

"landed" by landed they mean crashed onto the moon's surface i don't understand how they got to the moon first, we could've easily shot a rocket at the moon and said we go there first if this was getting to the moon first.

[QUOTE=AxeCop;27588667]America now has nothing worth bragging about. Rate me dumb Americunts, you know you want to. Phone me up at removed if you think your limp American dick is hard enough to talk to a real man.[/QUOTE] Hey dumbass. America has alot more legends then that. Like Martin Luther King and Conan.

[QUOTE=Mr.Dounut;27589066]"landed" by landed they mean crashed onto the moon's surface i don't understand how they got to the moon first, we could've easily shot a rocket at the moon and said we go there first if this was getting to the moon first.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_9[/url]

[QUOTE=TheSpyV2;27589083]Hey dumbass. America has alot more legends then that. Like Martin Luther King and Conan.[/QUOTE] Martin was black and Conan is about as funny as a dead fetus doing standup. Your point?

I still wonder why we haven't bothered to send anyone else to the moon after we first landed Not even talking of a permanent base, just a visit.

So they got to the moon first and didn't make it? That's karma.

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;27589122]I still wonder why we haven't bothered to send anyone else to the moon after we first landed Not even talking of a permanent base, just a visit.[/QUOTE] we did [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_12[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_14[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_15[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_16[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17[/url]

[QUOTE=Archy;27589161]we did [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_12[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_14[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_15[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_16[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17[/url][/QUOTE] I think he meant recently. or at least I want to know why we haven't gone back in recent years :saddowns:

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;27589122]I still wonder why we haven't bothered to send anyone else to the moon after we first landed Not even talking of a permanent base, just a visit.[/QUOTE] We've been to the moon like ten times already.

[QUOTE=StupidUsername67;27589232]We've been to the moon like ten times already.[/QUOTE] Oh you've been to the moon? What's it like?

I'm posting from the moon right now.

[QUOTE=Sharq;27589214]I think he meant recently. or at least I want to know why we haven't gone back in recent years :saddowns:[/QUOTE] Yeah that's what I meant I mean everyone wants a moon resort, why aren't we researching the fuck out of the place to find out how to set up permanent residence

Big whoop they launched a satellite into the moon and it crashed.

[QUOTE=pyrofiliac;27589331]I'm posting from the moon right now.[/QUOTE] I registered this user on the moon.