Word: sovietizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...already famous "We came in peace" plaque signed by President Nixon and Apollo 11 Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. Also to be left behind: medals and shoulder patches in memory of Yuri Gagarin, Vladimir Komarov, Virgil Grissom, Roger Chaffee and Edward White, five men who have died while in Soviet or U.S. space programs...
...thing the astronauts did not observe was Apollo's companion in lunar orbit?the Soviet Union's unmanned Luna 15 moon probe (see p. 17). Arriving in the neighborhood two days before the U.S. spacecraft, Luna went into an orbit as close as ten miles from the moon and eventually landed. The chances that Luna would be visible from Apollo 11?much less collide with it?were estimated by Houston's Christopher Columbus Kraft, director of flight operations, as about "one in a billion...
Americans were gratified that the U.S. had won the race with the Soviet Union to land men on the moon. Said Patricia Lepis of Brooklyn: "It's the greatest thing that could happen to this country. It's definitely an American triumph." Houston Cameraman Ron Bozman argued: "The moon is there and we Americans have to get there first." More often, the moon mission evoked an exhilarating sense of human solidarity and potential. "I believe it's man's greatest achievement to date," said Barry Davidoff, 16, a student at the Bronx High School of Science...
...Peking tells it, Soviet patrol boats landed Soviet troops on the island. While Soviet aircraft circled menacingly overhead, the Russians attacked Chinese inhabitants and soldiers who were at work in the fields. The Soviets, says Peking, also set fire to one dwelling...
Nuclear Reaction. The Chinese protest note warned the Soviets that they must cease their armed provocations or "you will certainly receive even more severe punishment from the Chinese people." Though the Chinese do not so far appear to be reinforcing their military defenses in the Amur-Ussuri sector, there are reports that two armored and three antiaircraft divisions have been moved into the Lop Nor nuclear-and rocket-testing site in Sinkiang Province as protection against a pre-emptive Soviet airborne attack. The Chinese concern is understandable since Lop Nor is only 500 miles southeast of the Dzungarian Gates...