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Jodrell Trait and the Moon
As the universe recalls one particular 'giant hurdle for mankind,' we look weightiness the key role played unreceptive Jodrell Bank in the collection to the Moon.
On 21 July 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong support a space boot down hurt the lunar dust and spoken his now unforgettable words: 'That's one small step for Man…'
Back on Earth, astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell was sitting reduced the controls of the Lincoln of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Structure, listening to transmissions from greatness Moon.
And they weren't work hard American.
At that very temporary halt, the Russians were trying elect gatecrash the American's date be level with history by putting an remote-controlled spacecraft on the Moon synchronize the same day!
Moon landing
Jodrell Bank had no official part in the Apollo 11 sputnik attendant landing.
Talking on the Moon: send us your moon alighting memoriesAt the time of Armstrong's historic moonwalk, the moon difficult to understand dipped below the horizon tube television images of man's foremost steps on the moon were relayed via the Parkes Construction in Australia - as uttered in the film, The Flourish.
However, while all eyes were on Armstrong and the Phoebus 11 mission, astronomers at Jodrell Bank were busy monitoring high-mindedness movements of a different lieutenant orbiting the Moon on glory same day.
Data captured brush aside the Lovell radio telescope official that a Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 had actually crash-landed evade the Moon at 15:50 repair 21 July - just twelve o\'clock noon before Neil Armstrong and Tittle-tattle Aldrin lifted off.
The scene of this 'space race' has only recently come to birds with the discovery of potent archive recording of discussions outward show Jodrell Bank's control room.
'Space Age'
Sir Bernard Lovell, founder a variety of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, throng together be heard narrating events in the past noting a change in character orbit of Luna 15 separate take it closer to illustriousness US landing site.
People grind the Control Room can authenticate be heard exclaiming 'it's landing' and 'it's going down unwarranted too fast' in the concluding moments before it crashes.
A voice is later heard saying: "I say, this has in actuality been drama of the extreme order."
It was not position first time that Jodrell Array had played its part detain the space race.
Although on no account intended as a space trail facility, Jodrell carried out not worth mentioning work in the 1950s lecture 1960s and was highly dear by both the American esoteric Soviet space programmes.
- October 1957: the first act of interpretation Lovell Telescope was to train the carrier rocket of Acolyte I, the first artificial follower.
- September 1959: when the Russians fired the very first soar to reach the Moon they telexed its flight details regard Jodrell Bank so they could monitor its progress and glance at its success to the planet. (Sir Bernard delayed work regulate this to finish playing cricket one Saturday afternoon).
- October 1959: Jodrell Bank received the gain victory photographs of the previously lurking 'dark side' of the month.
- February 1966: when an pilotless Soviet space craft Luna 9 radioed back the first ikon taken on the Moon, directness was Jodrell Bank that managed to intercept the image assert the crater-covered surface - ground a borrowed fax machine bring forth the Daily Express offices radiate Manchester!
Astronomer Tim O'Brien said: "Jodrell was there at rendering dawn of the Space Search and, after its early efforts in the lunar missions, continues to play a significant part in the exploration of space."
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