Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration

• Main Author: Harvey, Brian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2007.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Popular works.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Little is known of Soviet and Russian lunar exploration although, in fact, the Soviet Union/Russia: Sent the first spaceships past the moon, the first to hit the moon and the first to circle the moon Was first to soft land on and orbit the moon Was first to send a spaceship around the moon and recov...

Table of Contents:

• Origins of the Soviet lunar programme
• The first moon probes
• Planning the lunar landing
• The soft- landers and orbiters
• The first cosmonauts to the moon
• Around the moon
• Samplers, rovers and orbiters
• Return to the moon
• List of all Soviet moon probes (and related missions)
• Bibliographical note and bibliography.