{"product_id":"soviet-and-russian-lunar-exploration-paperback","title":"Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of the Soviet and Russian lunar programme, from its origins to the present-day federal Russian space programme. It is the first book dedicated to Soviet\/Russian lunar exploration and shows how the USSR\/Russia developed systems for reaching the moon and returning lunar spaceships to Earth. Brian Harvey describes the techniques devised by the USSR. He asks whether these systems would have worked and examines how well they were tested. He concludes that political mismanagement rather than technology prevented the Soviet Union from landing cosmonauts on the moon. The book is well timed for the return to the moon by the United States and the first missions there by China and India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle is known of Soviet and Russian lunar exploration although, in fact, the Soviet Union\/Russia: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSent the first spaceships past the moon, the first to hit the moon and the first to circle the moon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWas first to soft land on and orbit the moon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWas first to send a spaceship around the moon and recover it on Earth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCame very close to sending a cosmonaut around the moon first\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilt and successfully tested, in Earth orbit, a lunar lander\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePioneered sophisticated, precise high-speed reentries into the Earth's atmosphere\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCame close to perfecting a giant moon rocket, the N-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetrieved three sets of rock samples from the moon by automatic spacecraft\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanded advanced roving laboratories that explored the moon for months on end, traveling 48km\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigned long-term lunar bases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese were remarkable achievements requiring a considerable level of engineering sophistication and have a place in the contemporary story of astronautics. Recent landings on Mars use, essentially, the very techniques developed by Russia to land on and explore the moon in the 1960s and 1970s. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs an acknowledged expert and author of several books on the Soviet and Russian space programme, Brian Harvey is ideally suited to cover not only the engineering and scientific side but also the human stories of the Soviet and Russian lunar programme. These include those of the cosmonaut squad that trained to land on the moon, but was stood down, and of the designers who tried to realise the dream of a Russian moon, from Tikhonravov to Mishin: a Soviet lunar programme was first proposed by designer Mikhail Tikhonravov in a children's magazine in 1951 and he persuaded a sceptical Soviet leadership of the value of a moon programme. Following Sputnik, the first lunar flights quickly achieved the key goals of hitting, circling and photographing the moon in 1959. The Soviet Union achieved all the early 'firsts' in lunar exploration, such as soft landing and orbiting the moon, and Brian Harvey will recount the frantic efforts to rival America's Apollo and the dramatic hours of 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e July 1969, when Russia tried to soft land Luna 15 in the Sea of Crises even as Armstrong and Aldrin explored the moon in the nearby Sea of Tranquility. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9.5 x 6.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 22, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45338796163174,"sku":"9780387218960","price":74.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NDRNYi9Ub0lSb3NSWlVSOUtLbHIxZz09.webp?v=1774644579","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/soviet-and-russian-lunar-exploration-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}