Brian Harvey

This book tells the story of the Soviet and Russian lunar programme, from its origins to the present-day federal Russian space programme. It concludes that political mismanagement rather than technology prevented the Soviet Union from landing cosmonauts on the moon. Meer

This fascinating text is aimed at space enthusiasts, professionals working in the space industry, journalists covering space issues and space historians. Meer

Russia’s accomplishments in planetary space exploration were not achieved easily. Formerly, the USSR experienced frustration in trying to tame unreliable Molniya and Proton upper stages and in tracking spacecraft over long distances. Meer

This book is the first regular space exploration annual. It provides an annual update on recent space launches, missions and results, to be published every year in September. Meer