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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Eventually, the astronauts reached the southern rim of the 656-ft.-wide Surveyor Crater. Descending slowly, they walked to the Surveyor spacecraft. Except for a thin coating of lunar dust and white paint that may have turned tan in the intense sunlight, it had apparently been unharmed by its long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moon: BULL'S-EYE FOR THE INTREPID TRAVELERS | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

BEFORE the downfall of Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviets boasted that the first American to land on the moon would find a Russian there to welcome him. As the third and fourth American astronauts walked on the lunar surface, no Russian had yet ventured more than a few hundred miles into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moon: Disaster at Tyuratum | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

U.S. intelligence learned of the mishap through ELINT (for electronic intelligence). Deployed on the ground, aboard reconnaissance aircraft, or inside ferret-type electronic satellites, ELINT's sensors can easily detect large explosions, even at great distances, from the electromagnetic disturbances that they cause in the atmosphere. If added proof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moon: Disaster at Tyuratum | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

The speaking order at the talks was determined by the toss of a coin-an American quarter. The Soviets called tails and won the right to speak first. The U.S. became the home team and held the first session in its embassy; the second, two days later, took place in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: SMILES AND SUSPICION AT SALT | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

In return for the handover of Okinawa, Sato made important concessions. He pledged to pick up a larger share of the Asian defense burden. To keep this pledge, he will double the country's military budget after 1972. He also agreed to increase Japan's economic aid to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Agreement on Okinawa | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

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