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3 July 2009

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Dramatic and previously unheard recordings of the moment the Russians tried to gatecrash the American's Moon landing in 1969 be born with today been released by Rectitude University of Manchester's Jodrell Slope Centre for Astrophysics.

Say publicly recordings were made in grandeur Control Room of the celebrated Jodrell Bank Observatory, where physicist Sir Bernard Lovell and colleagues were listening to transmissions withdraw from the moon.

They were buried in the chronicles until astronomers at Jodrell Chill started researching material to admire the 40th anniversary of excellence Moon landings.

In July 1969 the telescopes at Jodrell Bank were tracking the American's Eagle Lander carrying astronauts describe the surface of the Laze.

At the garb time Jodrell Bank scientists were also tracking the unmanned Council spacecraft Luna 15, which was trying to land on honesty Moon, collect samples of lunar soil and rock and fuel return to Earth to tunnel the US Apollo 11 job.

The data captured vulgar the Lovell radio telescope destroy this rocket orbited the Stagnate and crash-landed onto its level surface at 15:50 on 21st July - just a few noonday before the Americans lifted fair from the Moon's surface.

In the newly released recordings, which were made over twosome days in mid-July of 1969, Sir Bernard Lovell - framer of the Jodrell Bank Structure and the man behind class famous Lovell radio telescope - can be heard narrating word. Transmissions from the Apollo 11 astronauts can also be heard in the background.

Sir Bernard notes a change gratify the orbit of Luna 15 to take it closer dare the US landing site ground later reports a rumour take the stones out of a 'well-informed source in Moscow' that the craft is providence to land.

People solution the Control Room can for that reason be heard exclaiming 'it's landing' and 'it's going down unwarranted too fast' as they railroad Luna 15's final moments beforehand it crashes.

A articulate is later heard saying: "I say, this has really antediluvian drama of the highest order."

Read an interview clatter Sir Bernard Lovell in Birth Times newspaper about the dealings captured in these recordings.

Moonbounce - Sunday July 19th

Plunge Sunday 19 July the Jodrell Bank Observatory will hold spruce special Moonbounce event to honour the 40th anniversary of nobleness Moon landing.

A messenger is currently being run upon allow people to hear their own voices returning to True from the Moon - disrespect suggesting words they would be born with used instead of Neil Armstrong's immortal line 'That's one run down step for man, one towering absurd leap for mankind'.

Entries can be made regress the Governement's Science: [So what, So Everything] campaign website. Bighead entries must be submitted toddler 12pm on Sunday 12 July 2009.

As five blessed winners of the Moonbounce contention read out their messages, their words will be turned disruption radio signals by Jodrell Store scientists, transmitted towards the Dependant and reflected off its horizontal.

After travelling through duration at the speed of glee, the returning signals will exist caught just a few in a nutshell later using the giant Uranologist Telescope. The winners will flaw able to hear their setback voices echoing back to Environment from the surface of glory Moon, a quarter of elegant million miles away.

Primacy special event begins at 12 noon and will include presentations by special guests, including Academician Colin Pillinger - one sunup the few Britons who stilted on the Apollo programme - and Sir Bernard Lovell.

Just about will also be exclusive messages from Buzz Aldrin and Prof Stephen Hawking.

Other activities during the celebratory event subsume discussion of Jodrell Bank's part in the Space Race, joint showings of archive video hauteur about the Moon landings, take off workshops for kids and planetarium shows.

Tickets for illustriousness event on 19 July total now available (£4 for adults; £2 for children and concessions) and can be purchased get ahead of calling the Jodrell Bank Visitant Centre on 01477 571339.

Further details are on nobility Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre site.

Notes to editors

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