Soviet space exploration history on Soviet stamps

Soviet space exploration history has been well documented on Soviet stamps. These Soviet stamps cover a broad spectrum of subjects related to the Soviet space program. While much of the focus has been placed on the nation's notable "firsts" in space flight, including: Earth orbiting satellite, Sputnik 1; animal in space, the dog Laika on Sputnik 2; human in space and Earth orbit, Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1; first spacewalk, Alexei Leonov on Voskhod 2; woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6; Moon impact, 1959, and uncrewed landing; space station; and interplanetary probe; numerous stamps have paid tribute to more general astronomical topics as well.^[1][2]

Further reading

• Gurevich, Iakov Borisovich and Vladimir Il'ich Shcherbakov. Kosmicheskaia filateliia: katalog-spravochnik. Moscow: Radio i sviaz, 1986, 126p.
• Kvasnikov, IU. S. Rossiiskaia kosmonavtika na pochtovykh markakh 1951–1995. Moscow: Novosti Kosmonavtiki?, 1996, 154p.
• Kvasnikov, Yuri. Russian Cosmonautics On Postage Stamps. Falkirk: Astro Space Stamp Society, 1999, 35p.
• Reichman, James G. Soviet and Russian philatelic items related to dogs in space. Mesa, Arizona, James G. Reichman, 2012, 97p.
• Sashenkov, Evgeniĭ Petrovich. Sovetskaia kosmonavtika v filatelii: katalog-spravochnik. Moscow: Glavnaia Filatelisticheskaia kontora, Soiuzpechati Ministerstva sviazi SSSR, 1967, 138p.

See also

• Postage stamps of the Soviet Union
• U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps
• Space Race

References

External links

• "Russian Topical Stamps: Cosmos". Topical. Postage Stamps and Stationery of Russia and USSR. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
• "What Does It Say?". Philatelic Snippets. Astro Space Stamp Society. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
• "Exploring the Moon on stamps". Retrieved 26 December 2011.

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Soviet and Russian space program

• Roscosmos

Launch sites

• Baikonur Cosmodrome (in Kazakhstan)
• Dombarovsky
• Kapustin Yar
• Plesetsk Cosmodrome
• Svobodny Cosmodrome (defunct)
• Vostochny Cosmodrome

Launch vehicles

• Angara
• Proton
• Soyuz

Human spaceflight
programs

Past	Vostok Voskhod Salyut Almaz (incorporated into Salyut program) / TKS Soyuz-Apollo (joint) Mir Shuttle–Mir (joint) Energia / Buran
Cancelled	Zond (7K-L1) (Moon flyby) Soviet crewed lunar programs (Moon landing) Zvezda (moonbase) TMK (Mars/Venus flyby) Spiral Zvezda Zarya MAKS Kliper
Active	International Space Station (joint) Russian Orbital Segment Soyuz
In development	Orel

Robotic
programs

Past	DS (1961–1982) Prognoz (1972–1996) Luna programme (1958–1976) Venera (1961–1985) Zond program (1964–1970) Astron (1983-1991) Vega program (1984-1987) Phobos program (failed) (1988-1989) Granat (1989-1998) Gamma (1990-1992) Mars 96 (failed) (1996) Resurs-DK No.1 (2006-2016) Koronas-Foton (2009) Fobos-Grunt (failed) (2011) Spektr-R (2011–2019) Luna 25 (failed) (2023)
Active	Bion-M Elektro–L ExoMars (joint) Meteor-M Resurs-P Spektr-RG
In development	Luna-Glob Luna 26 Luna 27 Luna 28 Kazachok Spektr-UV

Communications

• Sputnik programme (begun 1957)
  • Sputnik 1
  • Sputnik 2
  • Sputnik 3
  • Sputnik 41
  • Sputnik 99
• Luch (satellite)
• Deep Space Network

Concepts

• Baikal-Angara
• Laplace-P
• Mars-Grunt
• Mercury-P
• OPSEK
• Spektr-M
• Venera-D

Images and artwork

• Mission patches

Related

• List of cosmonauts
• Cosmonaut ranks and positions
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation
• Soviet space dogs
  • Laika
  • Belka and Strelka
  • Veterok and Ugolyok
• Ivan Ivanovich
• Soviet space exploration history on Soviet stamps
• Cosmonauts Alley
• Monument to the Conquerors of Space
  • Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
• Out of the Present (1995 documentary)
• Mission to Mir (1997 documentary)

• See also: Space industry of Russia
• Russian Aerospace Defence Forces

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