The ghost beneath the shuttle Columbia: Kosmos 398, STS-73, and the last echo of the US/Soviet Moon race

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More than 30 years ago, a shuttle orbiter had a fleeting encounter with a relic of the original Moon race. Robert Kelso describes the experience as witnessed from Mission Control.

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• T2The ghost beneath the shuttle Columbia: Kosmos 398, STS-73, and the last echo of the US/Soviet Moon raceSpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review19 Oct, 11:57