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Moon Race Odds on US to Reach Moon First
American experts say the United States leads the lunar race with Apollo advances making a 1969 moon landing plausible while Soviet plans include manned circumlunar flights and a larger space station. Russians face technical hurdles and severe weather delays as both nations anticipate a busy 1968-69 period.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Stars & Stripes
Earth
U.S
United States
Russia
Vladimir Komarov
Charles S. Sheldon
Library of Congress Science Policy Research Division
Leonid Sedov
Moon
Sheldon