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At the dawn of the Space Age, the Soviet Union was able to exploit its R-7 rocket’s ‘heavy lift’ to send probes far into space, and the immediate target was the Moon.*
A Spaceflight log is provided on page 363.
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(2008). The robots. In: Exploring the Moon. Springer Praxis Books. Praxis. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74641-8_1
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