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THE reception of radio signals from the orbiting lunar spaceship Endeavour after its occupation behind the lunar limb seems to confirm in part a previous suggestion1. Similar observations arranged with the lunar command module during the Apollo 14 mission were unsuccessful because of interference from local emissions.
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SALISBURY, W., FERNALD, D. Post-occultation Reception of Lunar Ship Endeavour Radio Transmission. Nature 234, 95 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234095a0
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