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December 28, 2012 01:56 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mKKOLQPihjI/communist-turtles-got-to-moon.html
Communist turtles got to moon first
Alexis Madrigal writes: "The Soviet Zond 5 sent the animals around the moon -- although not into lunar orbit -- during a mission in the middle of September, 1968. The unmanned craft then returned to Earth and splashed down in the Indian Ocean, after which the Russians recovered the craft." The turtles were fine.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mKKOLQPihjI/communist-turtles-got-to-moon.html
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