INDIA: RUSSIAN MOON PROBE CAPSULE ZOND-FIVE ARRIVES BOMBAY FOR AIRLIFTING TO MOSCOW

Record ID: 358325

  • Title: INDIA: RUSSIAN MOON PROBE CAPSULE ZOND-FIVE ARRIVES BOMBAY FOR AIRLIFTING TO MOSCOW
  • Date: 5th October 1968
  • Summary: 1. LS VASILY GOLONIS STEAMS INTO INFO BOMBAY NAVAL DOCKYARD 0.09 2. CU ONLOOKERS WITH BINOCULARS 0.11 3. CU HUGE CONTAINER AWAITING TRANSFER ONTO SHIP (TWO SHOTS) 0.14 4. MS CROWD LOOKS AT CONTAINER (TWO SHOTS) 0.24 5. MLS MAST OF GOLONIS 0.25 6. CU GOLONIS (TWO SHOTS) 0.30 7. MS ENVOY PEGOV, SHIP'S CAPTAIN AND INDIAN OFFICI
  • Embargoed: 20th October 1968 13:00
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  • Location: BOMBAY, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Reuters ID: LVA7YE7Y9K6TY379JRTVQC7I2QA7
  • Story Text: THE SOVIET OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIP, VASTLY GOLONIS, ENTERED BOMBAY NAVAL DOCKYARD ON THURSDAY (OCT 3) WITH THE ROUND-THE MOON SPACE PROBE, ZOND 5 FOR AIRLIFTING BACK TO MOSCOW.

    ZOND-5 WAS PICKED UP IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WERE IT SPLASHED DOWN ON SEPTEMBER 21 AFTER CIRCLING THE MOON.

    THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP WAS A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET. BOMBAY'S PORT AUTHORITIES WERE UNAWARE OF THE SHIP'S BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS.

    A HUGE CONTAINER, SPECIALLY FLOWN OUT OF MOSCOW, WAS THEN LOADED ONTO THE GOLONIS INTO WHICH WAS TRANSFERRED THE TOP-SECRET CAPSULE.

    THE TRANSFER WAS MADE UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYES OF SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO INDIA, MR. NIKOLAI PEGOV AND OTHER AUTHORITIES.

    LATER IN THE NIGHT, THE CONTAINER, WITH THE CAPSULE INSIDE, WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE SHIP TO BOMBAY'S SANTA CRUZ AIRPORT WHERE A RUSSIAN ANTONOV AN-12 PLANE TOOK IT BACK TO RUSSIA.
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