About the book: 1983 / The book tells about the creation of automatic interplanetary stations "Luna" and "Venus", which were the first to make a soft landing on the Moon and Venus, the first to deliver samples of lunar soil to Earth, about the world's first "Lunokhod". The author showed the "space" design bureau at work, spoke about its Chief Designer - G. N. Babakin. The 3rd edition (the 2nd edition was published in 1979 under the same title) is supplemented by a chapter on the creation of a control system for the world's first lunar rover. For a wide range of readers