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Soviet space program

The Soviet space program (Russian: Космическая программа СССР, romanized: Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR) was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Unlike its Space Race competitor, the United States, which consolidated its space program under NASA, the Soviet space program was…

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Dissolved
December 1, 1991
Failures
See failures below
First crewed flight
Vostok 1 (April 12, 1961)
First flight
Sputnik 1 (October 4, 1957)
Formed
1951
Key people
Design Bureaus

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Origins

Sputnik and Vostok

Internal competition

Lunar missions

Venusian missions

Martian missions

Salyut space station

Program secrecy

Projects and accomplishments

Incidents, failures, and setbacks

Canceled projects

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Soviet space program

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Soviet space program

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related to Bibliography · 97
Soviet space program → Anatoly, Andrews, Apollo, Asif, Atglen, Baker, Beat America, Bibcode, Boris, Brzezinski, Burgess, Cambridge University Press, Challenge, Challenging Journey, Chertok, Colin, College Station, Cosmos, David, Dawn
related to Sputnik and Vostok · 28
Soviet space program → Although, America's, American, Because, Dezik, Earth, Earth-orbiting, Further, In, International Geophysical Year, July, Khrushchev, Korolev, Nikita Khrushchev, Nonetheless, Plans, R-7, Soviet, Soviet Union's, Soviets
related to Funding and support · 17
Soviet space program → Apollo, August, Communist Party, February, For, John Glenn's Mercury-Atlas, Khrushchev, Korolev, Missions, Soviet, Strategic Rocket Forces' ICBMs, The Soviet, Valentina Tereshkova, Vostok, Vostoks, West, While
see also · 16
Soviet space program → Buran, Cosmonaut, DRAKON, French, Intercosmos, Lunokhod, Moon, RaceTank, Russian, Russian FederationRoscosmos Cosmonaut Corps, Soviet, Soviet Union, Spaceflight, Union, USASoviet, USSR
related to Program secrecy · 15
Soviet space program → As, In, Politburo, Soviet, Soviet Union, Soyuz, Sputnik, Sputnik's, Such, TASS, Television, The, The Soviet, The Telegraph Agency, What
related to External links · 10
Soviet space program → Cosmonautics Memorial Museum, International Space FlightKorolev, Mastermind, Moscow, Russian, Russian Space WebSoviet Exploration, Soviet, Soviet Space ProgramSoviet, VenusSputnik, Years AgoZarya
related to Notable firsts · 7
Soviet space program → July, October, Soviet Union, Sputnik, The Soviet, Two, United States
related to Completed projects · 6
Soviet space program → Almaz, Halley, Mars, Moon, The Soviet, Venus
related to Accidents · 4
Soviet space program → March, The, The Soviet, Valentin Bondarenko
Manager · 3
Soviet space program → Sergei Korolev (1951–66), Valentin Glushko (1974–89), Vasily Mishin (1966–74)

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space soviet first program moon rocket luna venera mars launched crewed venus salyut korolev soyuz orbit vostok lunar station spacecraft

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Soviet space programDissolvedDecember 1, 19911.00infobox
Soviet space programFailuresSee failures below1.00infobox
Soviet space programFirst crewed flightVostok 1 (April 12, 1961)1.00infobox
Soviet space programFirst flightSputnik 1 (October 4, 1957)1.00infobox
Soviet space programFormed19511.00infobox
Soviet space programKey peopleDesign Bureaus1.00infobox
Soviet space programLast crewed flightSoyuz TM-13 (October 2, 1991)1.00infobox
Soviet space programManagerSergei Korolev (1951–66)1.00infobox
Soviet space programManagerVasily Mishin (1966–74)1.00infobox
Soviet space programManagerValentin Glushko (1974–89)1.00infobox
Soviet space programPartial failuresSee partial or cancelled projects Soviet lunar program1.00infobox
Soviet space programPrimary spaceportBaikonur Cosmodrome1.00infobox
Soviet space programPrimary spaceportPlesetsk Cosmodrome1.00infobox
Soviet space programSuccessesSee accomplishments1.00infobox

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