Press Photo Russia Satellite rocket Moon space

Caption: (Jan. 2) RUSSIA LAUNCHES ROCKET TOWARDS MOON - Moscow radio says that Russian rocket launched toward moon will reach the vicinity of the moon about 11 pm, EST, tomorrow night. The Russian moon rocket could either hit the moon, circle around the moon once or fall into an orbit around the moon, or miss the moon and go past it, perhaps falling into orbit around the sum and becoming a man-made planet.

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