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Old 28-August-2005, 06:00 PM
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Thanks for the translation! =D> =D> =D>

One minor question:
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Originally Posted by mcclir
Lunar expedition(dispatch) under F.Bormana's management(manual) on a spacecraft "Apollo - 8" in December, 1968 has carried out the first пилотируемый flight to the Moon, has made 10 coils around of it(her) and, having come back to the Earth with the second space speed, has made soft landing(planting) at ocean.
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Flight of crew "Apollo - 11" with an output(exit) on a surface of the Moon on July, 20, 1969. N.Armstronga and E.Oldrina has finally stopped competition on landing the person to the Moon.
Why were the astronaut's names rendered in the feminine form?
(for those who don't know, Russian distinguishes between men & women's names with an "a" or a "ya" on the end. Thus, Yuri Gagarin's sister would be Gagarina, Titov's wife would be Titova, and Svetlana Savitskaya's father would be Savitskiy)
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