# How close were the Russians to a moon visit in the 60's?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 24, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-were-the-russians-to-a-moon-visit-in-the-60s/590134 "2011-07-24T02:25:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-were-the-russians-to-a-moon-visit-in-the-60s/590134/21 "2011-07-25T19:41:44Z")

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> [@ralph124c](#):
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> Soviet EVAs “reliable”? The first cosmonaut to attempt one nearly died! His suit ballooned out to the point where he almost couldn’t fit through the hatch.

They fixed that. It’s a good thing they went first. 😛

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-were-the-russians-to-a-moon-visit-in-the-60s/590134/22 "2011-07-29T07:29:00Z")

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Seems as though Encyclopedia Astronautica is back up! [Here’s his take on why the Soviets lost the Moon race…](http://www.astronautix.com/articles/whynrace.htm)

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