Press Photo General Scene Jodrell Bank Staff Newspapermen First Moon Photographs

Pictures From The Moon Received At Jodrell Bank: History was made at Jodrell Bank, Britain's space-tracking station, when pictures from the moon's surface were received there on Friday, direct from Luna-9 the Russian spaceship now parked on the Ocean of Storms. Excited scientists at Jodrell Bank captured the pictures by 'tapping' the streams of siganls relayed back to Russia by Luna-9. the signals were converted on a standard photo-receiving machine of the type used in newspaper offices. Photo shows.A general scene at Jodrell Bank as staff and newspaper men crowd in to see the first of the pictures from the moon received at Jodrell Bank on Friday.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.

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