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Zond 5, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was an unmanned spacecraft that in September 1968 became the second ship to travel to and circle the Moon, and the first to return safely to Earth. [1]

35 relations: Animals in space, Apollo 8, Apollo program, Bion (satellite), Boost-glide, Energia (corporation), Exploration of the Moon, List of lunar probes, List of missions to the Moon, List of Proton launches (1965–69), List of Soyuz missions, List of spaceflight records, List of unmanned spacecraft by program, Lovell Telescope, Mealworm, Moon landing, Outline of the Moon, RD-0210, RD-0214, Russian tortoise, September 15, September 1968, Soviet space program, Soyuz 7K-L1, Space Race, Splashdown, Timeline of Solar System exploration, Timeline of space exploration, Valentin Lebedev, Zond, Zond 6, Zond program, 1968, 1968 in science, 1968 in spaceflight.

Animals in space

Non-human animals in space originally served to test the survivability of spaceflight, before human spaceflights were attempted.

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Apollo 8

Apollo 8, the second manned spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo space program, was launched on December 21, 1968, and became the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach the Earth's Moon, orbit it and return safely to Earth.

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Apollo program

The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.

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Bion (satellite)

The Bion satellites (Бион), also named Biocosmos, were a series of Soviet (later Russian) biosatellites.

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Boost-glide

Boost-glide trajectories are a class of spacecraft guidance and reentry trajectories that extend the range of suborbital spaceplanes and reentry vehicles by employing aerodynamic lift in the high upper atmosphere.

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Energia (corporation)

PAO S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya “Energiya” im.), also known as RSC Energia (РКК «Энергия», RKK “Energiya”), is a Russian manufacturer of ballistic missile, spacecraft and space station components.

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Exploration of the Moon

The physical exploration of the Moon began when Luna 2, a space probe launched by the Soviet Union, made an impact on the surface of the Moon on September 14, 1959.

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List of lunar probes

This is a list of space probes that have flown by, impacted, orbited or landed on the Moon for the purpose of lunar exploration, as well as probes launched toward the Moon that failed to reach their target.

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List of missions to the Moon

As part of human exploration of the Moon, numerous space missions have been undertaken to study Earth's natural satellite.

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List of Proton launches (1965–69)

This is a list of launches made by the Proton rocket between 1965 and 1969.

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List of Soyuz missions

This is a list of manned and unmanned flights of Soyuz series spacecraft.

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List of spaceflight records

This is a list of spaceflight records.

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List of unmanned spacecraft by program

Here is an incomplete list of all unmanned spacecraft categorized by program.

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Lovell Telescope

The Lovell Telescope is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire in the north-west of England.

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Mealworm

Mealworms are the larval form of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species of darkling beetle.

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Moon landing

A Moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon.

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Outline of the Moon

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Moon: Moon – Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

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RD-0210

The RD-0210 (GRAU Index: 8D411K) is also known as the RD-465.

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RD-0214

The RD-0214 (GRAU Index: 8D811) is a rocket vernier engine burning N2O4 and UDMH in a gas generator cycle.

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Russian tortoise

The Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii), also commonly known as Horsfield's tortoise, Afghan tortoise or the Central Asian tortoise, is a threatened species of tortoise.

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September 15

No description.

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September 1968

The following events occurred in September 1968.

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Soviet space program

The Soviet space program (Russian: Космическая программа СССР, Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR) comprised several of the rocket and space exploration programs conducted by the Soviet Union (USSR) from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991.

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Soyuz 7K-L1

The Soyuz 7K-L1 "Zond" spacecraft was designed to launch men from the Earth to circle the Moon without going into lunar orbit in the context of the Soviet manned moon-flyby program in the Moon race.

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Space Race

The Space Race refers to the 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for dominance in spaceflight capability.

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Splashdown

Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft by parachute in a body of water.

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Timeline of Solar System exploration

This is a timeline of Solar System exploration ordered by date of spacecraft launch.

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Timeline of space exploration

This is for a timeline of space exploration including notable achievements and first accomplishments or major events in humanity's exploration of outer space.

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Valentin Lebedev

Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev (Валентин Витальевич Лебедев; born April 14, 1942 in Moscow) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space.

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Zond

Zond may refer to.

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Zond 6

Zond 6, a formal member of the Soviet Zond program and unmanned version of Soyuz 7K-L1 manned moon-flyby spacecraft, was launched on a lunar flyby mission from a parent satellite (68-101B) in Earth parking orbit.

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Zond program

Zond (Зонд; Russian for "probe") was the name given to two distinct series of Soviet unmanned space program undertaken from 1964 to 1970.

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1968

This was the year of the Protests of 1968.

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1968 in science

The year 1968 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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1968 in spaceflight

The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 157 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 1968.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_5

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