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From the Archives, 1966: Scientists hail Russia’s moon landing as ‘historic feat’ – Sydney Morning Herald
World leaders hailed Russia’s “soft landing” on the moon in 1966 as “a major contribution to man’s knowledge of the moon and of space.”
President Johnson said Soviet scientists had made a major contribution to mans knowledge of the moon and of space.
The British Prime Minister, Mr Harold Wilson, said in a message to the Soviet Prime Minister, Mr Kosygin: This historic step forward in mans exploration of space has justly earned the admiration of us all and I send you my heartiest congratulations.
The President of the British Interplanetary Society, Dr L. R. Shepherd, said Russia s achievement was far more difficult than the American…
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