Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin Biography

The achievement marks first lunar soft landing as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Leads design work for Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land softly on the Moon.

The achievement marks first lunar satellite as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Leads the programme placing Luna 10 into lunar orbit.

The achievement marks first direct venus measurements as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Leads spacecraft design for the first probe returning direct measurements from Venus.

Venera 5 launches with a strengthened atmospheric capsule designed to survive deeper into Venus's dense atmosphere.

Venera 6 launches as a companion mission to Venera 5 with instruments for measuring Venus's atmosphere.

Venera 5 returns atmospheric measurements while descending through the clouds of Venus before pressure destroys the probe.

Venera 6 transmits pressure, temperature and composition measurements during descent through the Venusian atmosphere.

Venera 7 launches with a reinforced descent capsule intended to survive the extreme pressure and temperature at Venus's surface.

Leads the programme returning lunar soil to Earth without a crew.

The achievement marks robotic lunar sample mission as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Venera 7 makes the first successful soft landing on Venus and the first survivable landing on another planet.

Venera 7 continues transmitting after touchdown, returning the first data directly from the surface of another planet.