Overview: A definitive history of Russian unmanned space science program from 1957 (Sputnik) on.Examines Russian contributions to our knowledge of Earth, the Moon, Mars, Venus, and the environment of space.CompBrian Harvey recounts for the first time the definitive history of scientific Russian space probes and the knowledge they acquired of the Earth, its environment, the Moon, Mars and Venus. He examines what Russian Space Science has actually achieved in furthering our knowledge of the Solar System, focusing on the instrumentation and scientific objectives and outcomes, the information gain
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