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Inside the Soviets’ Secret Failed Moon Program
The Soviet lunar program was covered up, forgotten after failing to put a man on the moon. These rare photos from a lab inside the Moscow Aviation Institute show a junkyard of rarely-seen spacecraft, including a never-to-be-used Soviet lunar lander.
Image 1: Lunar Craft lander
Image 2: Locking mechanism
Image 3: Docking assembly with bolts
Image 4: Lunar Craft porthole
Image 5: Soyuz parachute container
You can view the other photos here.
Neil Armstrong to cosmonaut:
“You came here in that thing? You’re braver than I thought.”
—Jay
(via itsfullofstars)
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