Aelita project

1969 Soviet project of a manned flight to Mars

Aelita was the 1969 abandoned Soviet project of a manned flight to Mars. It was named after the 1923 science fiction novel Aelita by Russian author Aleksey Tolstoy about a flight to Mars.[1] [2][3][4][5]

See also

  • Martian Piloted Complex, a 1956-62 Soviet project

References

  1. ^ Brian Harvey, Russian Planetary Exploration. History, Development, Legacy and Prospects, 2007, p. 302
  2. ^ Mark Wade, MEK
  3. ^ Asif A. Siddiqi , Challenge to Apollo. The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974, 2000, Chapter 17: Dreams Unfulfilled
  4. ^ Zheleznyakov A., «Аэлита», «МАВР» и другие проекты советской пилотируемой экспедиции на Марс.
  5. ^ Сергей Филиппенков, "Проект 'Аэлита' " , "Жуковские вести", 11 August 1999


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