Western media dubbed the spacecraft "Marsnik", a portmanteau of Mars and Sputnik. Mars 1M No.1, known in the West as Marsnik 1, Mars 1960A and Korabl 4, was...

Mars 1M No.2, designated Mars 1960B by NASA analysts and dubbed Marsnik 2 by the Western media, was a spacecraft launched as part of the Soviet Union's...

A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. As the technology...

of Keplerian orbits". European Journal of Physics. 25 (2): L17–L19. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/25/2/L03. Another distinguished German from Riga was Friedrich...

2.2 metres (7.2 ft) long by 140 millimetres (5.5 in) in diameter, had a mass of 30 kilograms (66 lb), and it was anticipated that it could carry a 2 kilograms...

26 (4): 558–590. doi:10.1093/hcr/26.4.558. Luthans, F.; Rubach, M. J.; Marsnik, P. (1995). "Going beyond total quality: The characteristics, techniques...

Soviet government elected him a member of the Socialist Academy in 1918.: 1–2, 8  Tsiolkovsky's path through the political and social cataclysms of revolutionary...

program Lunokhod program Mars program Phobos program Marsnik program Astron (spacecraft) Orion 1 and Orion 2 Space Observatories RELIKT-1 Venera Vega program...

those stations possessing a Salyut-derived core module at its heart. Mir-2 (DOS-8), the final spacecraft from the Salyut series, became one of the first...

had to crane their heads 90° to see the instruments. In the case of Voskhod 2, an inflatable exterior airlock was also added to the descent module opposite...

work" was approved, which led to the creation of the R-2. The R-2 doubled the range of the V-2, and was the first design to utilize a separable warhead...

Ukrainian: Валентин Петрович Глушко, romanized: Valentyn Petrovych Hlushko; born 2 September 1908 – 10 January 1989) was a Soviet engineer who was program manager...

missile, code-named 10Kh, was test fired from Petlyakov Pe-8 and Tupolev Tu-2 aircraft. Following his success with the 10Kh, the USSR Special Design Bureau...

Space Shuttle program ended in 2011, until the launch of Crew Dragon Demo-2 on 30 May 2020. The International Space Station always has at least one Soyuz...

and was expected to die during her Earth-orbiting 3 November 1957 Sputnik 2. Dogs were the preferred animal for the experiments because scientists felt...

engines were used in the 1960s onboard the Voskhod 1 spacecraft and Zond-2 Venus probe. In 1931 Glushko was redirected to work on liquid propellant rocket...

Reuters. 30 April 1961. p. 35. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019 – via Newspapers.com. "Čestný titul Hrdina socialistické...

programme was estimated by former RKA General Director Yuri Koptev in 2001 as $4.2 billion over its lifetime (including development, assembly and orbital operation)...

2MV-4 No.1, Mars 1M No.2, and Mars 1M No.1 Spaceflight portal Solar System portal Exploration of Mars List of missions to Mars Marsnik program Space exploration...

to assist takeoff and climbing of prop aircraft, including the RD-IKhZ, RD-2 and RD-3. In 1944, the RD-1 kHz auxiliary rocket motor was tested in a fast-climb...

during the interplanetary orbit. The Mars 1M programs (sometimes dubbed Marsnik in Western media) was the first Soviet uncrewed spacecraft interplanetary...

launched in 1960 and failed to achieve orbit. The spacecraft were dubbed Marsnik by the Western media. Mars 1 was launched in 1962 but failed en route to...

Bureau – Part 1" (PDF). Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 64: 2–24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 9 July...

Educational Institution of Higher Professional Training MGUL ISBN 978-5-8135-0510-2. "Bank of the Universe" - edited by Boltenko A. C., Kyiv, 2014., publishing...

Soyuz TM-29, Soyuz TM-33/32 Vladimir Aksyonov (1935–2024) — Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2 Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov — Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3 Ivan Anikeyev (1933–1992)...

problems of the now Russian space station program. The construction of the Mir-2 space station as a replacement for the aging Mir became illusionary, though...

Republic. 1986 December 18 - Kosmos 1809 1989 September 28 - Magion 2 - Magion 2 forms a part of the scientific programme of Interkosmos 24 (project Aktivnyj)...

fighter planes, the Polikarpov R-5 reconnaissance plane and the Ilyushin Il-2 close air support plane, while the heavier RS-132 rockets could be carried...

The first attempt at sending a probe to the surface of Mars, nicknamed "Marsnik 1," was by the USSR in 1960. The probe failed to reach Earth orbit, and...

Mars 1M No.1, designated Mars 1960A by NASA analysts and dubbed Marsnik 1 by the Western media, was the first spacecraft launched as part of the Soviet...