Illustrated with photographs from Soviet Venus and Mars probes, images of spacecraft, diagrams of flight paths and maps of landing sites, this book draws on published scientific papers, archives, memoirs and other material. The text reviews Soviet engineering techniques and science packages, as well the difficulties which ruined several missions. The program’s scientific and engineering legacy is also addressed, within the Soviet space effort as a whole.
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From the reviews: "Brian Harvey … has produced an excellent work in this latest volume. … Russian Planetary Exploration: History, Development, Legacy and Prospects, an equally good account of Soviet/Russian planetary exploration. … Anyone with an interest in the history of Soviet/Russian space activities would find … illuminating and rewarding." (Liftoff, Issue 239, 2007)
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solar wind detector, robotic exploration missions, automatic interplanetary station, critical path technologies, manned programme, moon programme, descent craft, fluorescent spectrometer, plasma engines, correction engine, mother craft, design bureaux, landing cabin, return rocket, observation orbit, parking orbit, cosmic ray detector, descent module, descent data, tracking ships, interplanetary spacecraft, moon probes, main spacecraft, planetary exploration, gamma ray spectrometer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, United States, Academy of Sciences, Sergei Korolev, Mstislav Keldysh, Jodrell Bank, Valentin Glushko, Alexander Lebedinsky, Georgi Babakin, Phobos Grunt, Vladimir Chelomei, Institute of Space Research, Gavril Tikhov, Radio Moscow, Sergei Kryukov, Vernadsky Institute, First Cosmic Ship, Mikhail Tikhonravov, New York, Sergei Afanasayev, Soviet Mars, Vasili Mishin, Vladimir Kurt, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Pioneer Venus New!
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solar wind detector, robotic exploration missions, automatic interplanetary station, critical path technologies, manned programme, moon programme, descent craft, fluorescent spectrometer, plasma engines, correction engine, mother craft, design bureaux, landing cabin, return rocket, observation orbit, parking orbit, cosmic ray detector, descent module, descent data, tracking ships, interplanetary spacecraft, moon probes, main spacecraft, planetary exploration, gamma ray spectrometer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, United States, Academy of Sciences, Sergei Korolev, Mstislav Keldysh, Jodrell Bank, Valentin Glushko, Alexander Lebedinsky, Georgi Babakin, Phobos Grunt, Vladimir Chelomei, Institute of Space Research, Gavril Tikhov, Radio Moscow, Sergei Kryukov, Vernadsky Institute, First Cosmic Ship, Mikhail Tikhonravov, New York, Sergei Afanasayev, Soviet Mars, Vasili Mishin, Vladimir Kurt, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Pioneer Venus New!
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