First Lunar Soft Landing
The achievement marks first lunar soft landing as an important Russian scientific milestone.
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Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin Biography and Timeline
Follow Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin through 15 dated historical records for Russia.
Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1966
Luna 9 Landing
Leads design work for Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land softly on the Moon.
First Lunar Satellite
The achievement marks first lunar satellite as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Luna 10 Orbit
Leads the programme placing Luna 10 into lunar orbit.
1967
First Direct Venus Measurements
The achievement marks first direct venus measurements as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Venera 4 Atmospheric Probe
Leads spacecraft design for the first probe returning direct measurements from Venus.
1969
Venera 5 Launch
Venera 5 launches with a strengthened atmospheric capsule designed to survive deeper into Venus's dense atmosphere.
Venera 6 Launch
Venera 6 launches as a companion mission to Venera 5 with instruments for measuring Venus's atmosphere.
Venera 5 Atmospheric Descent
Venera 5 returns atmospheric measurements while descending through the clouds of Venus before pressure destroys the probe.
Venera 6 Atmospheric Descent
Venera 6 transmits pressure, temperature and composition measurements during descent through the Venusian atmosphere.
1970
Venera 7 Launch
Venera 7 launches with a reinforced descent capsule intended to survive the extreme pressure and temperature at Venus's surface.
Luna 16 Sample Return
Leads the programme returning lunar soil to Earth without a crew.
Robotic Lunar Sample Mission
The achievement marks robotic lunar sample mission as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Venera 7 Landing
Venera 7 makes the first successful soft landing on Venus and the first survivable landing on another planet.
Venera 7 Surface Data
Venera 7 continues transmitting after touchdown, returning the first data directly from the surface of another planet.
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