... in the cosmonaut group preparing for flying round the Moon under L-1 program ... Later Makarov was appointed to the 'Moon' crew as a second pilot - he and Alexei ... Makarov was to have piloted the orbital module while Leonov left "tracks on the Moon ...
... the first Soviet manned interplanetary mission was planned for Mars, not the Moon ... we fond ourselves to be involved in the Moon race in the 60s. Secondly, there weren ...
... Moon programme analogous to the American 'Apollo' one in their country 30 years ago ... our cosmonauts have been on the Moon' or 'our cosmonauts will just fly to the Moon ...
... flights to near-Earth orbit aboard "Soyuz 7K-OK" type spaceship, and for flights to the Moon aboard the "L-3" type spaceship ... The Soviet "Moon Programme", in which Khrunov played a prominent role, was closed down. ...
... It was asserted that the first Soviet "Lunokhod" vehicle was not automatic, but a piloted one, and that the body of a pilot-kamikaze is still laying on the Moon next to the "Moon tractor." ...
... Rocketeers who followed in his footsteps have not forgotten the founder of the first Russian combat missiles, having named a crater on the far side of the Moon in his honour. ...
... Space exploration appeared to be a less important aspect of the Soviet empire then. The USSR lost the Moon race and so lost its primacy in space. ...