Zond 7
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The Zond 7 spacecraft, part of the Soviet Zond program, was launched towards the Moon on a Proton-K D rocket on August 7, 1969. Its mission was to support studies of the Moon and circumlunar space, to
Zond 7 orbit, photographs of the Earth and the Moon on a USSR miniature sheet, 1969
A photograph of the Earth taken by Zond 7 on a postage stamp of the USSR in 1969
Soyuz 7K-L1
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The Soyuz 7K-L1 "Zond" spacecraft was designed to launch cosmonauts from the Earth to circle the Moon without going into lunar orbit in the context of the Soviet crewed Moon-flyby program in the Moon
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…obtain color photography of Earth and the Moon from varying distances, and to flight test the spacecraft systems. It was an unpiloted version of the Soyuz 7K-L1, a crewed Moon-flyby spacecraft. Earth photos were obtained on August 9, 1969. On August 11, 1969, the spacecraft flew past the Moon at a distance of…
An artist's impression of the Soyuz 7K-L1 en route to the Moon.
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