Beyond Earth: The Soviet Drive into Space

Article

“Beyond Earth: The Soviet Drive into Space” by Saunders B. Kramer
Published in Quest Volume: 30 #2 (2023)

Abstract

Saunders Kramer was an early space pioneer. As an engineer for Lockheed, he received an early 1960s patent for space station designs and later in his career, he became known as an expert on the Soviet space program, tracking the public (and less than public) knowledge of the program. The following analysis from his December 1975 unpublished memoirs is his analysis on the Soviet Sputnik and Luna missions.

Citation

Kramer, Saunders B. “Beyond Earth: The Soviet Drive into Space.” Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly 30, no. 2 (2023): 44-51.