Russian Planetary Exploration History, Development, Legacy, Prospects /

• Main Author: Harvey, Brian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

Russia’s accomplishments in planetary space exploration were not achieved easily. Formerly, the USSR experienced frustration in trying to tame unreliable Molniya and Proton upper stages and in tracking spacecraft over long distances. This book will assess the scientific haul of data from the Venus a...

Table of Contents:

• Aelita
• First plans
• The first Mars, Venus probes
• OKB Lavochkin
• First landfall on Venus, Mars
• The high summer of Soviet planetary exploration, 1975–1986
• Phobos, crisis and decline
• Returning to the planets?
• The legacy.