Zond (Russian: Зонд, lit. 'probe') was the name given to two distinct series of Soviet robotic spacecraft launched between 1964 and 1970. The first series, based on the 3MV planetary …

Zond 5 (Russian: Зонд 5, lit. 'Probe 5') was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program. In September 1968 it became the first spaceship to travel to and circle the Moon in a circumlunar …

Mar 12, 2025 · Zond 5 was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (68-076B) in Earth parking orbit to make scientific studies during a lunar flyby and to return to Earth. En route to the Moon the …

4 days ago · Zond 5 launched September 14, 1968, for a circumlunar mission three months before NASA planned to send astronauts to lunar orbit aboard Apollo 8. The Soviet probe …

Sep 18, 2018 · Scientists found that the tortoises, the first living organisms to have made a circumlunar flight, had lost a little weight but were otherwise in good health. The capsule is …

4 days ago · The tortoises endured a seven-day journey, during which they orbited the Moon before the spacecraft initiated its return trajectory. On September 22, 1968, the Zond 5 …

Zond 5, 14-21 September 1968, did fly a successful circumlunar mission. Upon reentry, the gyroscope was disabled and the capsule came in at 20G's. It was recovered.

On September 21, 1968, the re-entry capsule entered the Earth's atmosphere, braked aerodynamically, and deployed parachutes at 7 kilometers (4.35 miles) . The capsule splashed …

Sep 18, 2018 · Russia's Zond 5 spacecraft carried two steppe tortoises on the first successful flight around the moon. The tortoises lived through their splash down in the Indian Ocean and …

Zond 5 was the first spacecraft to carry a group of terrestrial creatures (tortoises being the most complex) on a circumlunar flight and return them relatively safely to Earth. Zond 5 splashed …