Soviet Lunar Missions

18 Aug
2016
August 18, 2016

Luna 24: The Last Soviet Lunar Sample Return Mission

Every now and then, we have the opportunity to touch a piece of history. One of the more memorable of such moments for me came in […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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31 Mar
2016
March 31, 2016

Luna 10: The First Lunar Satellite

During the opening years of the Space Age, the Soviet Union managed to score a long string of space firsts taking an early lead in the […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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3 Feb
2016
February 3, 2016

Luna 9: The First Lunar Landing

During the opening years of the Space Age, the Soviet Union managed to beat the United States to one Moon-related first after another: The first lunar […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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28 Jul
2015
July 28, 2015

The Mission of Zond 3

A half century ago, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft had completed the first successful flyby of Mars on July 15, 1965 (Universal Time) and had already finished […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight
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9 May
2015
May 9, 2015

The Mission of Luna 5

After the initial flurry of lunar mission launches in the opening years of the Space Age, the Soviet Union had amassed a significant list of Moon-related […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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21 Aug
2014
August 21, 2014

The Original Lunar Observatories

The landing of Chang’e 3 on the Moon on December 14, 2013 rightfully received a lot of attention not only because it was China’s first landing […]
Astronomical Instruments, Astronomy, Lunar & Planetary Missions, Manned Spaceflight, Spaceflight
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