Historical Events tagged with "zond 5"
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Zond 5 Becomes First to Fly Around the Moon
The Soviet Zond 5 spacecraft was launched, marking a significant milestone as the first spacecraft to orbit the Moon and successfully return to Earth. The mission was engineered by the Soviet space program, with the primary goal of sending biological specimens to the Moon. Zond 5 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and completed its lunar flyby, successfully landing back on Earth after a journey that lasted nearly eight days. The onboard passengers included several tortoises and other biological materials, aimed at studying the effects of space travel on living organisms.
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