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Feb. 07, 1966 - 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 at Storms. Excited scientists at Jodrell Bank captured the pictures by tapping the streams of signals 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 Sir Bernard Lovell (right), Director of Jodrell Bank, and Prof. Davies look at the first of the moon pictures received at Jodrell Bank, on Friday
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