How a Secret Spy Satellite’s Camera Found a Second Life Mapping the Moon
As the Cold War settled into a deadly balancing act after the Korean Armistice, the Soviet Union’s hostile opacity coupled with its sheer size and remoteness presented a terrific challenge to American military planners and intelligence agencies. One of the solutions came in the form of a surveillance satellite. How did that innovative space technology gain a second life mapping the moon?

September 14, 2015 at 02:28PM
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