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A government resolution issued on 23 July 1960 called for a family of rockets to launch payloads ranging from heavy civilian/military satellites to heavy unmanned/manned spacecraft to the Moon, Venus and Mars
The N project had already started, and Sputnik was well underway (along with a launch on the same day of two dogs in the capsule), however the resolution allowed multiple projects to gain funding.
After the resolution was passed, many rockets were built and launched in quick succession, destined to travel to the two near planets. Some launches were as close apart as five days, but very few actually got much beyond the first stage firing. It took ten years before Venus was conquered,
_http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft_planetary_venus.html
and in 1984 two rockets achieved the double by passing/photographing Halley's comet on their way to the planet.
_http://www.mentallandscape.com/V_Vega.htm
It would be over 13 years before the Soviet space programme successfully got their only probe onto Mars.
_http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft_planetary_mars.html
The end results include their workhorse transporting items to the International Sapce Station.
The N project had already started, and Sputnik was well underway (along with a launch on the same day of two dogs in the capsule), however the resolution allowed multiple projects to gain funding.
After the resolution was passed, many rockets were built and launched in quick succession, destined to travel to the two near planets. Some launches were as close apart as five days, but very few actually got much beyond the first stage firing. It took ten years before Venus was conquered,
_http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft_planetary_venus.html
and in 1984 two rockets achieved the double by passing/photographing Halley's comet on their way to the planet.
_http://www.mentallandscape.com/V_Vega.htm
It would be over 13 years before the Soviet space programme successfully got their only probe onto Mars.
_http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft_planetary_mars.html
The end results include their workhorse transporting items to the International Sapce Station.