From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:38:52 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] How To Sort Of Steal A Satellite
To: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

"One day in late 1959 or 1960 -- dates aren't totally clear in
declassified documents -- a crack team of four CIA agents worked
through the night in stocking feet taking apart a kidnapped Soviet
Lunik spacecraft without removing it from its crate. They photographed
every part and documented every construction element, then perfectly
reassembled the whole thing without leaving a trace. It was a daring
bit of espionage at the early years of the space race. Intended to
level the playing field between two international superpowers, it was
a heist that risked turning the cold war hot."

http://www.popsci.com/cias-bold-kidnapping-soviet-spacecraft

mjw