Space Rocket History Podcast

When we left the Soviet Union they had somewhat successfully landed a probe on Venus and they had completed the automatic docking of two Soyuz 7K-OK spacecrafts.  However they did not reach their goal of a circumlunar flight in time for the 50th anniversary of the glorious revolution.

L1 – Zond

Mishin, Agadzhanov, & Chertok

7K-L1 spacecraft on Proton booster