Russian Space Probes: Scientific Discoveries and Future Missions

Introduction by the authors.- Acknowledgments.- Glossary.- Terminological and translation notes.- Reference notes.- List of tables.- List of illustrations.- List of figures.- Chapter 1: Early space science.- Chapter 2: Deepening our understanding.- Chapter 3: Revealing the Moon.- Chapter 4: Unveiling Venus.- Chapter 5: The path to Mars.- Chapter 6: Orbiting space stations.- Chapter 7: Later Soviet space science: the observatories.- Chapter 8: Perspectives, past, and future.- Annex: Summary of Soviet and Russian space science missions.- Bibliography.- Index.