''Aelita'' was the 1969 abandoned
Soviet
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project of a
crewed flight to Mars. It was named after the 1923
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
novel ''
Aelita
''Aelita'' (, ), also known as ''Aelita: Queen of Mars'', is a 1924 Soviet silent science fiction film directed by Yakov Protazanov and produced at the Mezhrabpom-Rus film studio. It was based on Alexei Tolstoy's 1923 novel of the same name ...
'' by Russian author
Aleksey Tolstoy about a flight to Mars.
[Brian Harvey, ''Russian Planetary Exploration. History, Development, Legacy and Prospects'', 2007]
p. 302
/ref>[Сергей Филиппенков]
"Жуковские вести", 11 August 1999
See also
*Martian Piloted Complex
The Martian Piloted Complex or MPK was a Soviet Union human mission to Mars proposed in 1956-62 by Mikhail Tikhonravov.
It featured a six-cosmonaut crew on a 900-day mission, with a launch in 1975. The craft would have a mass of 1,630 metric tons ...
, a 1956-62 Soviet project
References
Soviet Mars missions
Cancelled Soviet spacecraft
Human missions to Mars
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