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Soviet space program

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The state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Its programs achieved the first artificial satellite, the first human spaceflight and the first soft landing on another planet; its work passed to Russia's Roscosmos and Ukraine's State Space Agency after 1991.

Facts
Agency Type
State space program (dissolved 1991) 1
Founded Year
1951 1
Headquarters
Soviet Union 1
The agency's own infobox names the Soviet Union as country rather than a single headquarters city; dissolved December 1, 1991, succeeded by Russia's Roscosmos and Ukraine's State Space Agency.
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Alexei Leonov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew Voskhod 2 (the first spacewalk) and commanded the Soviet side of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Source Wikipedia: Andriyan Nikolayev
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Source Georgy Beregovoy
Source Georgy Grechko
Source Georgy Dobrovolsky - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: Irina Solovyova
Source Konstantin Feoktistov - Wikipedia
Source Leonid Kizim - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Source Pavel Belyayev - Wikipedia
Source Pavel Popovich - Wikipedia
Source Pyotr Klimuk - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: Svetlana Savitskaya
Source Wikipedia: Tatyana Kuznetsova
Source Valentin Lebedev - Wikipedia

Valentina Tereshkova was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew Vostok 6 in 1963, the first woman in space.

Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Source Valery Bykovsky - Wikipedia
Source Viktor Patsayev - Wikipedia
Source Vitaly Sevastyanov - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Source Vladimir Kovalyonok - Wikipedia
Source Vladimir Shatalov - Wikipedia
Source Vladislav Volkov - Wikipedia

Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew Vostok 1 in 1961, the first human in space.

Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Source Yuri Romanenko - Wikipedia

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Source Wikipedia: Andriyan Nikolayev
Additional Source Apollo-Soyuz (Wikipedia)Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Wikipedia, lead section (joint mission)
Buran, Spacecraft

Buran, the Soviet reusable spaceplane that flew one uncrewed orbital flight in 1988, was developed and operated by the Soviet space program.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia - Buran (spacecraft)Wikipedia: Buran (spacecraft), lead section
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Source Wikipedia: Soviet space program
Source Georgy Beregovoy
Source Georgy Grechko
Source Georgy Dobrovolsky - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Interkosmos (Wikipedia)Wikipedia: Interkosmos, lead section
Source Wikipedia: Irina Solovyova
Source Konstantin Feoktistov - Wikipedia
Source Leonid Kizim - Wikipedia
Luna 1, Spacecraft
Source Luna 1 - Wikipedia
Luna 10, Spacecraft
Source Luna 10 - Wikipedia
Luna 16, Spacecraft
Source Luna 16 - Wikipedia
Luna 17, Spacecraft
Source Wikipedia: Luna 17
Luna 2, Spacecraft
Additional Source Soviet space program (Wikipedia)Lead section
Luna 20, Spacecraft
Source Wikipedia: Luna 20
Luna 21, Spacecraft
Source Wikipedia: Luna 21
Luna 24, Spacecraft
Source Wikipedia: Luna 24
Luna 3, Spacecraft
Source Luna 3 - Wikipedia
Luna 9, Spacecraft

Luna 9, which achieved the first soft landing on the Moon in 1966, was a Soviet space program mission.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia - Luna 9Wikipedia: Luna 9, lead section
Additional Source Wikipedia: Luna programmeLuna programme, Wikipedia, lead section (Soviet Union attribution)
Mars 2, Spacecraft
Source Mars 2 - Wikipedia
Mars 3, Spacecraft

Mars 3, which achieved the first (brief) soft landing on Mars in 1971, was a Soviet space program mission.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia - Mars 3Wikipedia: Mars 3, lead section
Mars 5, Spacecraft
Source Mars 5 (Wikipedia)
Mars 6, Spacecraft
Source Wikipedia: Mars 6

Covers Mir's 1986-1991 Soviet-era operation only; Roscosmos (kept, separate edge) covers 1991-2001.

Additional Source Mir (Wikipedia)Mir, Wikipedia, lead section (Soviet Union operator, pre-1991)
Additional Source Mir (Wikipedia)Mir, lead/history section (initial operator, merged from EntityId 273173)
N1, Launch Vehicles
Source Wikipedia: Soviet space program
Source Pavel Belyayev - Wikipedia
Source Pavel Popovich - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: Soviet space program
Source Pyotr Klimuk - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: Soviet space program
Salyut 1, Spacecraft

Salyut 1, the world's first space station (1971), was launched and operated by the Soviet space program.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia - Salyut 1Wikipedia: Salyut 1, lead section
Additional Source Wikipedia: Salyut programmeSalyut programme, Wikipedia, lead section (Soviet Union attribution)
Soyuz, Spacecraft

Covers Soyuz's original 1967-1991 Soviet-era development and operation; Roscosmos (kept, separate edge) covers 1991-present.

Additional Source Wikipedia: Soyuz (spacecraft)Soyuz (spacecraft), Wikipedia, lead section (Korolev Design Bureau)
Sputnik 1, Spacecraft
Additional Source Wikipedia: Sputnik 1Sputnik 1, Wikipedia, lead section (operator citation)
Additional Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)Sputnik program, Wikipedia, lead section (operator)
Source Wikipedia: Svetlana Savitskaya
Source Wikipedia: Tatyana Kuznetsova
Source Valentin Lebedev - Wikipedia
Source Valentina Tereshkova (Wikipedia)
Source Valery Bykovsky - Wikipedia
Vega 1, Spacecraft
Source Wikipedia: Vega 1
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Venera 13, Spacecraft

Venera 13, which returned the first color images from the surface of Venus in 1982, was a Soviet space program mission.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia - Venera 13Wikipedia: Venera 13, lead section
Venera 7, Spacecraft

Venera 7's own infobox names Lavochkin, the Soviet design bureau that built the probe, as Operator; Lavochkin is not itself a modeled agency entity in this atlas (EntityRequest 622), so this edge targets the overarching Soviet space program, which the lead paragraph confirms as the mission's state origin.

Additional Source Venera 7 (Wikipedia)Venera 7, lead section
Additional Source Wikipedia: Venera programVenera program, Wikipedia, lead section (program span)
Source Viktor Patsayev - Wikipedia
Source Vitaly Sevastyanov - Wikipedia
Source Vladimir Kovalyonok - Wikipedia
Source Vladimir Shatalov - Wikipedia
Source Vladislav Volkov - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Vostok 1, Spacecraft
Additional Source Soviet space program (Wikipedia)Lead section
Additional Source Vostok 1 (Wikipedia)Vostok 1, Wikipedia, lead section (Baikonur, Gagarin)
Additional Source Soviet space program (Wikipedia)Lead section
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Source Yuri Romanenko - Wikipedia
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1. Wikipedia: Soviet space program
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Soviet space program, lead section
    The Soviet space program was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
  • Soviet space program, infobox (Formed)
    Formed 1951
  • Soviet space program, infobox (Country)
    Country Soviet Union
  • Operates: R-7 Semyorka
  • Operates: Proton-K
  • Operates: N1
  • Operates: Energia
Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Operates: Sputnik Program, Sputnik program, Wikipedia, lead section (operator)
    Sputnik is a name for multiple spacecraft launched under the Soviet space program.
  • Operates: Vostok Program, Wikipedia: Vostok programme, lead section
  • Operates: Voskhod Program, Wikipedia: Voskhod programme, lead section
  • Operates: Buran Program, Wikipedia: Buran programme, lead section
  • Operates: Vega Program, Wikipedia: Vega program, lead section
  • Associated With: Boris Chertok
  • Associated With: Mikhail Yangel
  • Associated With: Vladimir Chelomei
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Encyclopedia Astronautica
  • Associated With: Alexei Leonov, Encyclopedia Astronautica: Alexei Leonov
  • Associated With: Valentina Tereshkova, Encyclopedia Astronautica: Valentina Tereshkova
  • Associated With: Yuri Gagarin, Encyclopedia Astronautica: Yuri Gagarin
Valentina Tereshkova (Wikipedia)
Operates: Valentina Tereshkova, Lead paragraph, operated-by
Quote, Operates: Valentina Tereshkova, Lead paragraph, operated-by
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, politician, and former Soviet cosmonaut.
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Wikipedia: Svetlana Savitskaya
  • Operates: Svetlana Savitskaya, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Russian: Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born 8 August 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space.
  • Associated With: Svetlana Savitskaya, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Russian: Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born 8 August 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space.
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Wikipedia: Andriyan Nikolayev
  • Operates: Andriyan Nikolayev, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev (Chuvash and Russian: Андриян Григорьевич Николаев; 5 September 1929-3 July 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
  • Associated With: Andriyan Nikolayev, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev (Chuvash and Russian: Андриян Григорьевич Николаев; 5 September 1929-3 July 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
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Vladislav Volkov - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Vladislav Volkov, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Владислав Николаевич Волков; 23 November 1935-30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions.
  • Associated With: Vladislav Volkov, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Владислав Николаевич Волков; 23 November 1935-30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions.
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Georgy Dobrovolsky - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Добровольский; 1 June 1928-30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft.
  • Associated With: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Добровольский; 1 June 1928-30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft.
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Viktor Patsayev - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Viktor Patsayev, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (Russian: Виктор Иванович Пацаев; 19 June 1933-30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and was part of the third space crew to die during a space flight.
  • Associated With: Viktor Patsayev, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (Russian: Виктор Иванович Пацаев; 19 June 1933-30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and was part of the third space crew to die during a space flight.
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Pavel Belyayev - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Pavel Belyayev, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев; 26 June 1925-10 January 1970) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the historic 1965 Voskhod 2 space mission which saw the first space walk.
  • Associated With: Pavel Belyayev, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев; 26 June 1925-10 January 1970) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the historic 1965 Voskhod 2 space mission which saw the first space walk.
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Pavel Popovich - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Pavel Popovich, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Russian: Па́вел Рома́нович Попо́вич; Ukrainian: Павло́ Рома́нович Попо́вич, romanized: Pavló Románovych Popóvych; 5 October 1930-29 September 2009) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
  • Associated With: Pavel Popovich, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Russian: Па́вел Рома́нович Попо́вич; Ukrainian: Павло́ Рома́нович Попо́вич, romanized: Pavló Románovych Popóvych; 5 October 1930-29 September 2009) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
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Valery Bykovsky - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Valery Bykovsky, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; 2 August 1934-27 March 2019) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31.
  • Associated With: Valery Bykovsky, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; 2 August 1934-27 March 2019) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31.
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Konstantin Feoktistov - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Konstantin Feoktistov, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov (Russian: Константин Петрович Феоктистов; 7 February 1926-21 November 2009) was Russian engineer and a cosmonaut in the former Soviet space program.
  • Associated With: Konstantin Feoktistov, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov (Russian: Константин Петрович Феоктистов; 7 February 1926-21 November 2009) was Russian engineer and a cosmonaut in the former Soviet space program.
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Vladimir Shatalov - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Vladimir Shatalov, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Шаталов; 8 December 1927-15 June 2021) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4 (1969), Soyuz 8 (1969), and Soyuz 10 (1971).
  • Associated With: Vladimir Shatalov, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Шаталов; 8 December 1927-15 June 2021) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4 (1969), Soyuz 8 (1969), and Soyuz 10 (1971).
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Yuri Romanenko - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Yuri Romanenko, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко; born 1 August 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980).
  • Associated With: Yuri Romanenko, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко; born 1 August 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980).
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Pyotr Klimuk - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Pyotr Klimuk, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Belarusian: Пётр Ільіч Клімук; Russian: Пётр Ильич Климу́к; born 10 July 1942) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to travel in space.
  • Associated With: Pyotr Klimuk, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Belarusian: Пётр Ільіч Клімук; Russian: Пётр Ильич Климу́к; born 10 July 1942) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to travel in space.
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Vitaly Sevastyanov - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Vitaly Sevastyanov, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov (Russian: Вита́лий Ива́нович Севастья́нов; 8 July 1935-5 April 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut and an engineer who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions.
  • Associated With: Vitaly Sevastyanov, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov (Russian: Вита́лий Ива́нович Севастья́нов; 8 July 1935-5 April 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut and an engineer who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions.
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Leonid Kizim - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Leonid Kizim, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Leonid Denisovich Kizim (Russian: Леонид Денисович Кизим; 5 August 1941-14 June 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
  • Associated With: Leonid Kizim, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Leonid Denisovich Kizim (Russian: Леонид Денисович Кизим; 5 August 1941-14 June 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
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Vladimir Kovalyonok - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Vladimir Kovalyonok, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born 3 March 1942) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.
  • Associated With: Vladimir Kovalyonok, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born 3 March 1942) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.
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Valentin Lebedev - Wikipedia
  • Operates: Valentin Lebedev, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev (Russian: Валентин Витальевич Лебедев; born April 14, 1942, in Moscow) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space.
  • Associated With: Valentin Lebedev, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev (Russian: Валентин Витальевич Лебедев; born April 14, 1942, in Moscow) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space.
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Georgy Grechko
  • Operates: Georgi Grechko, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko (Russian: Георгий Михайлович Гречко; 25 May 1931-8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
  • Associated With: Georgi Grechko, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko (Russian: Георгий Михайлович Гречко; 25 May 1931-8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
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Georgy Beregovoy
  • Operates: Georgi Beregovoi, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Береговой, Ukrainian: Георгій Тимофійович Береговий, romanized: Heorhiy Tymofiyovych Berehovyi; 15 April 1921-30 June 1995) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968.
  • Associated With: Georgi Beregovoi, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Береговой, Ukrainian: Георгій Тимофійович Береговий, romanized: Heorhiy Tymofiyovych Berehovyi; 15 April 1921-30 June 1995) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968.
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Wikipedia: Irina Solovyova
  • Operates: Irina Solovyova, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Irina Solovyova (born September 6, 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut active from 1962 to 1969.
  • Associated With: Irina Solovyova, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Irina Solovyova (born September 6, 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut active from 1962 to 1969.
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Wikipedia: Tatyana Kuznetsova
  • Operates: Tatyana Kuznetsova, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Tatyana Dmitryevna Kuznetsova (Russian: Татьяна Дмитриевна Кузнецова; 14 July 1941-28 August 2018) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
  • Associated With: Tatyana Kuznetsova, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Tatyana Dmitryevna Kuznetsova (Russian: Татьяна Дмитриевна Кузнецова; 14 July 1941-28 August 2018) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
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Luna 1 - Wikipedia
Operates: Luna 1, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Luna 3 - Wikipedia
Operates: Luna 3, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Luna 16 - Wikipedia
Operates: Luna 16, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Mars 2 - Wikipedia
Operates: Mars 2, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Luna 10 - Wikipedia
Operates: Luna 10, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Wikipedia: Luna 24
Operates: Luna 24, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Wikipedia: Luna 17
Operates: Luna 17, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Wikipedia: Vega 1
Operates: Vega 1, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Wikipedia: Luna 21
Operates: Luna 21, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Wikipedia: Luna 20
Operates: Luna 20, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Wikipedia: Mars 6
Operates: Mars 6, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Mars 5 (Wikipedia)
Operates: Mars 5, Infobox, operator (operator)View the Source
Soviet space program (Wikipedia)
  • Operates: Vostok 1, Lead section
    The Soviet space program (Russian: Космическая программа СССР, romanized: Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR) was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
  • Operates: Luna 2, Lead section
    The Soviet space program (Russian: Космическая программа СССР, romanized: Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR) was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
  • Operates: Vostok 6, Lead section
    The Soviet space program (Russian: Космическая программа СССР, romanized: Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR) was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Venera 7 (Wikipedia)
Operates: Venera 7, Venera 7, lead section
Quote, Operates: Venera 7, Venera 7, lead section
Venera 7 ... was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus.
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Vostok 1 (Wikipedia)
Operates: Vostok 1, Vostok 1, Wikipedia, lead section (Baikonur, Gagarin)
Quote, Operates: Vostok 1, Vostok 1, Wikipedia, lead section (Baikonur, Gagarin)
The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard
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Wikipedia: Sputnik 1
Wikimedia FoundationOperates: Sputnik 1, Sputnik 1, Wikipedia, lead section (operator citation)
Quote, Operates: Sputnik 1, Sputnik 1, Wikipedia, lead section (operator citation)
It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program.
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Wikipedia: Venera program
Wikimedia FoundationOperates: Venera Program, Venera program, Wikipedia, lead section (program span)
Quote, Operates: Venera Program, Venera program, Wikipedia, lead section (program span)
was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus
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Wikipedia: Salyut programme
Wikimedia FoundationOperates: Salyut Program, Salyut programme, Wikipedia, lead section (Soviet Union attribution)
Quote, Operates: Salyut Program, Salyut programme, Wikipedia, lead section (Soviet Union attribution)
was the first space station programme, undertaken by the Soviet Union
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Wikipedia: Luna programme
Wikimedia FoundationOperates: Luna Program, Luna programme, Wikipedia, lead section (Soviet Union attribution)
Quote, Operates: Luna Program, Luna programme, Wikipedia, lead section (Soviet Union attribution)
was a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976
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Apollo-Soyuz (Wikipedia)
Operates: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Wikipedia, lead section (joint mission)
Quote, Operates: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Wikipedia, lead section (joint mission)
Apollo-Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, conducted jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1975.
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Mir (Wikipedia)
  • Operates: Mir, Mir, Wikipedia, lead section (Soviet Union operator, pre-1991)
    was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, first by the Soviet Union and later by the Russian Federation
  • Operates: Mir, Mir, lead/history section (initial operator, merged from EntityId 273173)
    Initially, the station was operated by NPO Energia with subcontracting to KB Salyut.
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Wikipedia: Soyuz (spacecraft)
Operates: Soyuz, Soyuz (spacecraft), Wikipedia, lead section (Korolev Design Bureau)
Quote, Operates: Soyuz, Soyuz (spacecraft), Wikipedia, lead section (Korolev Design Bureau)
It was designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolev Design Bureau
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Interkosmos (Wikipedia)
Operates: Interkosmos Program, Wikipedia: Interkosmos, lead sectionView the Source
Wikipedia - Luna 9
Operates: Luna 9, Wikipedia: Luna 9, lead sectionView the Source
Wikipedia - Venera 13
Operates: Venera 13, Wikipedia: Venera 13, lead sectionView the Source
Wikipedia - Mars 3
Operates: Mars 3, Wikipedia: Mars 3, lead sectionView the Source
Wikipedia - Salyut 1
Operates: Salyut 1, Wikipedia: Salyut 1, lead sectionView the Source
Wikipedia - Buran (spacecraft)
Operates: Buran, Wikipedia: Buran (spacecraft), lead sectionView the Source
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