Soviet Space Image Catalog (original) (raw)

The history of Soviet planetary and Lunar probes has been neglected in the West, and the pictures returned from these missions are difficult to find. This catalog brings together most of the available images from the Moon, Mars and Venus. Click on a lefthand image to enter a specific catalog page:

Lunar Image Catalog

Luna-3 Image of Far Side of the Moon ProbeYearMission Luna-31959First photos of Lunar far side Zond-31965Second photos of Lunar far side Luna-91966First landing and surface panoramas Luna-121966Photo orbiter Luna-131966Landing and surface panoramas Zond-61968Lunar Flyby and Earth Return Zond-71969Lunar Flyby and Earth Return Zond-81970Lunar Flyby and Earth Return Luna-171970Lunokhod-1 rover Luna-201972Sample return, surface panoramas Luna-211973Lunokhod-2 rover Luna-221974Lunar heavy orbiter

Martian Image Catalog

Image from Mars-5 Orbiter ProbeYearMission Mars-31971Photo orbiter, First landing Mars-41973Photo flyby Mars-51973Photo orbiter Fobos-21988Photo orbiter

Venusian Image Catalog

Image from Venera-13 Lander ProbeYearMission Venera-91975Photo orbiter, First surface pictures Venera-101975Surface panoramas Venera-131982First color panoramas Venera-141982Color panoramas Venera-151983Synthetic Aperture Radar Mapping Venera-161983Synthetic Aperture Radar Mapping Vega-11984Venus, Halley's Comet Vega-21984Venus, Halley's Comet

Terrestrial Image Catalog

Almaz synthetic aperture radar image of a volcano in Japan ProbeYearMission Zenit1962First surveillance satellites Meteor1966Weather satellites Resurs-F1979Film-return resource satellites Yantar1981Film-return resource satellites Okean1986Image/Radar resource satellites Almaz-T1987Synthetic Aperture Radar Resurs-O1988Scanning resource satellites Orlets1989Film-return resource satellites