Zond 3

18 Jul
2025
July 18, 2025

The Soviet Zond 3 Lunar Flyby: Revealing the Rest of the Far Side

Naturally, the early history of space exploration is filled with firsts. Just six decades ago at this time, the world watched as NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight
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18 Apr
2019
April 18, 2019

The Soviet Zond Missions of 1963-65: Planetary Probe Test Flights

By the beginning of 1963 as the crippled Mars 1 was making its way towards the Red Planet, Chief Designer Sergei Korolev and his team at […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, 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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