Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration

1. Origins of the Soviet lunar programme

2. The first moon probes

3. Planning the lunar landing

4. The soft- landers and orbiters

5. The first cosmonauts to the moon

6. Around the moon

7. Samplers, rovers and orbiters

8. Return to the moon

9. List of all Soviet moon probes (and related missions)

10. Bibliographical note and bibliography

Keywords: Popular Science, Popular Science in Astronomy, Space Exploration and Astronautics, Astronomy