Zond 2

6 Aug
2021
August 6, 2021

The Mysterious Mission of Zond 2 to Mars

With so many spacecraft operating in orbit and on the surface of Mars today, providing a record-setting torrent of scientific data from our neighbor, it seems […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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18 Apr
2019
April 18, 2019

The Soviet Zond Missions of 1963-65: Planetary Probe Test Flights

By the beginning of 1963 as the crippled Mars 1 was making its way towards the Red Planet, Chief Designer Sergei Korolev and his team at […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight
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4 May
2015
May 4, 2015

The Mission of Zond 2

On May 5, 1965, Soviet authorities officially announced that contact with the malfunctioning Zond 2 spacecraft had been lost three months before it reached Mars. Zond […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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17 Jul
2014
July 17, 2014

Zond 2: Old Mysteries Solved & New Questions Raised

While I have had a long-time interest in lunar and planetary exploration both as a scientist and a historian, for the past quarter of a century […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight
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