Aelita was the 1969 abandoned Soviet project of a crewed flight to Mars. It was named after the 1923 science fiction novel Aelita by Russian author Aleksey Tolstoy about a flight to Mars.[1][2][3][4][5]
See also
[edit]- Martian Piloted Complex, a 1956-62 Soviet project
References
[edit]- ^ Brian Harvey, Russian Planetary Exploration. History, Development, Legacy and Prospects, 2007, p. 302
- ^ Mark Wade, MEK
- ^ Asif A. Siddiqi, Challenge to Apollo. The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974, 2000, Chapter 17: Dreams Unfulfilled
- ^ Zheleznyakov A., «Аэлита», «МАВР» и другие проекты советской пилотируемой экспедиции на Марс.
- ^ Сергей Филиппенков, "Проект 'Аэлита' ", "Жуковские вести", 11 August 1999
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