The mystery of Zond 2

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Oct 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jbis...46..401l&link_type=abstract

British Interplanetary Society Journal (ISSN 0007-094X), vol. 46, no. 10, p. 401-404

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Failure, Failure Analysis, U.S.S.R. Space Program, Zond 2 Space Probe, Mariner 4 Space Probe, Space Exploration, U.S.S.R.

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Twenty eight years ago the unmanned Soviet space probe, Zond 2, was sailing through interplanetary space towards the planet Mars several weeks behind its much smaller American counterpart, Mariner 4. Though launched just two days apart in November of 1964, Mariner 4 - the sole survivor of American's first attempt to reach Mars by spacecraft - followed a much faster trajectory which would bring it past Mars on July 14, 1965. The American craft was destined to become the first space vehicle to flyby the Red Planet and return close-up data. Zond 2 was scheduled to reach Mars on August 6, 1965, on a relatively slow approach trajectory. Much to the disappointment of the Soviets, Zond 2 ceased communications en route to the Red Planet on May 5, 1965, just three months before completing its mission.

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