Soviet robots in the solar system. Technology

The space research program in the USSR began and was carried out in the first decades of the Cosmic era in a Cold War and strict competition with the United States for possessing leading positions in the world. This period is marked by outstanding scientific and technical achievements achieved thanks to the exceptional talent of Soviet scientists and engineers who created wonderful spacecraft-robots and received pioneering results of world significance.
The book contains a chronologically complete and objective analysis of these achievements along with difficulties and failures in the implementation of space projects against the background of Soviet-American rivalry in this area. The most complete technical description of the Soviet lunar-planetary spacecraft is given, a unique analysis of research programs, technical solutions and flight scenarios, the issues of space missions, achieved results and causes of failures, reflected the depth and technical perfection of space projects, which allowed the USSR to take leading positions In studies of the moon and planets automatic devices in the second half of the 20th century.
For a wide range of readers interested in the problems of space research