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Radio Manchester,3 mins

Tracking the Space Race

Mike Sweeney

Available for over a year

Hear the incredible story of how the Soviet Union were already in orbit around the moon when Apollo 11 reached earth's satellite on the 20th July 1969 with BBC 6 Music's Chris Hawkins and Jodrell Bank's Associate Director Professor Tim O'Brien.

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