The Soviet Space Program

The Lunar Mission Years: 1959–1976

Eugen Reichl

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English

Schiffer Publishing Ltd
01 May 2019

Mathematics & Sciences; Space science

Series: The Soviets in Space Series

With the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union started the space race; the race for the moon soon followed. Here too the USSR was ahead of the game: the first flyby of the moon, the first lunar-impact probe, the first pictures of the far side, and the first soft landing. Defending the lead, and thus demonstrating the superiority of communism, was an ideological must for Soviet leadership. The United States soon caught up and surpassed the Soviet moon program. This book chronologically examines the fifty-nine missions the USSR sent or intended to send to the moon from 1959 to 1976. Eventually, the Soviets finally abandoned the idea of a manned moon landing and for the following decade and a half claimed that they never conducted such a program. Unmanned Soviet lunar flights continued until 1976, by which time they had used up all of the space probes built in the years previous.

AUTHOR: Eugen Reichl works for the EADS aviation and aerospace company. He is a known expert on aerospace technology and has authored books and specialty articles on the topic.

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Chronological look at the fifty-nine Soviet lunar missions from 195976 .

Soviets were the first to fly by and eventually land a probe on the moon .

Features rare Soviet-era photographs, schematics, and drawings

93 colour and b/w images

By: Eugen Reichl
Imprint: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9780764356759
ISBN 10: 0764356755
Series: The Soviets in Space Series
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 May 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Eugen Reichl works for the EADS aviation and aerospace company. He is a known expert on aerospace technology and has authored books and specialty articles on the topic.