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Originally Posted by neiloliver
I was not aware until today that there was a Rusky unmanned lander orbiting the moon at the same time as Apollo 11, but it crashed (shame).
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Yeah, seeing they were about to loose the Moon race, Russians wanted to be able to say 'hey, we made it (bringing back lunar sand and stones) for a fraction of the bill with an automatic probe, without foolishly risking lifes', but they failed, the probe crashed on the Moon.
Crazy times!