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Victoria Crater, Mars. The Soviet Moon Lander That Never Was. Posted by Michael Sacco on Oct 8, 2010 in Science | These awesome photos from the Moscow Aviation Institute depict the aborted Soviet moon lander project. The US ended up winning the space race in the 60s, just as Kennedy promised, but the Soviets weren’t too far behind, as these devices show. Also in this gallery are photos of the Soyuz landing capsule, the docking station for the Internation Space Station, and more marvels of the Soviet space program. Even amidst the metal plating and plexiglass you can see the fragility of it all, the myriad of things that could go wrong in space. It’s a wonder that we ever got to space at all, much less in machines like this, but we did it. Michael Sacco is a freelance editor and writer, currently working as senior editor at WoW Insider.

Mars Lander hole in one.

Space Shuttle & ISS

Okie-Tex star party. Earth & Jupiter in the same photo. The Sun 3. IC443-1200. EarthFromSpace - Breathtaking. Moon over the horizon. Potw1017a. Incredible view of the Milky Way -- zoom in. Sombrero_Galaxy. Space_Red_Nebula. Vdb141-1000.jpg from noao.edu. Laser_Towards_Milky_Ways_Center. The Rosette Nebula. The Milky Way High Res. The Milky Way. The Sun. The Sun 2.