@jckaelin.bsky.social#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September21, 1968 #SpaceRace: #ZondProgram: #Zond5, 1st #Spacecraft launched to #TheMoon to return, 1st to bring terrestrial life to #Moon's vicinity, returns to Earth.
#SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_5
@spaceflightpedia.comTwo Russian tortoises reached lunar distance before any astronaut. Their flight made Zond 5 the first spacecraft to circle the Moon and return. Launched 14 September 1968, it flew 1,950 km from the Moon and splashed down in the Indian Ocean on 21 September 1968. The tortoises survived. #Zond5
@jckaelin.bsky.social#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September 14, 1968 #SpaceRace: #ZondProgram: #Zond5, 1st #Spacecraft launched to #TheMoon to return, 1st to bring terrestrial life to #Moon's vicinity, #launched. #SpaceSky
#SpaceflightFirsts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_5