Andreyanov, V. V., Artamonov, V. V., Atmanov, I. T. et al., Avtomaticheskiye Planetnyye Stantsii (Automatic Planetary Stations). Nauka, Moscow, 1973. English translation available: National Aeronautics and Space Administration TT-F-15666, 1974.

Bazhenov, V. I. and Osin, M. I.Posadka Kosmicheskikh Apparatov na Planety (The Landing of Spacecraft on the Planets, or Space-vehicle Landings on Planets). Mashinostroenie, Moscow, 1978.Google Scholar

Brown, C. D.Spacecraft Mission Design. 2nd edn, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington DC, 1998.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Brown, C. D.Elements of Spacecraft Design, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington DC, 2002.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Corliss, W. R.Space Probes and Planetary Exploration. Van Nostrand, 1965.Google Scholar

Cruise, A. M., Bowles, J. A., Patrick, T. J. and Goodall, C. V.Principles of Space Instrument Design. Cambridge Aerospace Series no. 9. Cambridge University Press, 1998.Google Scholar

Fortescue, P., Stark, J. and Swinerd, G.Spacecraft Systems Engineering. 3rd edn, Wiley, 2003.Google Scholar

Gilmore, D. G.Spacecraft Thermal Control Handbook: Fundamental Technologies. 2nd edn, Aerospace Press, 2002.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Griffin, M. D. and French, J. R.Space Vehicle Design. 2nd edn, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Education Series, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington DC, 2004.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Gurzadayan, G. A.Theory of Interplanetary Flights.Gordon and Breach, 1996.Google Scholar

Hankey, W. L.Re-entry Aerodynamics. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Education Series, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington DC, 1988.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Kemble, S. (2006). Interplanetary Mission Analysis and Design. Springer-Praxis, Chichester. This book describes current mission analysis and design techniques that may be applied to a very wide range of interplanetary missions.

Kemurdzhian, A. L., Gromov, V. V., Kazhukalo, I. F., et al. Planetokhody (Planet Rovers) (in Russian). 2nd edn, Mashinostroenie, Moscow, 1993.Google Scholar

Kemurdzhian, A. L. (ed.). Peredvizhenie po Gruntam Luny i Planet (Transport over Lunar and Planetary Soils) (in Russian.) Mashinostroenie, Moscow, 1986.Google Scholar

Labunsky, A. V., Papkov, O. V. and Sukhanov, K. G.Multiple Gravity Assist Interplanetary Trajectories.Gordon and Breach, 1998.Google Scholar

Pillet, Martínez V., Aparicio, A. and Sánchez, F. (eds) (2005). Payload and Mission Definition in Space Sciences. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Meyer, R. X.Elements of Space Technology.Academic Press, 1999.Google Scholar

Patel, M. R.Spacecraft Power Systems.CRC Press, 2004.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Popov, E. I.Spuskaemyie Apparaty (Descent Apparatus) (in Russian). Znanie, Moscow, 1985.Google Scholar

Pisacane, V. L. (ed.) Fundamentals of Space Systems. 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, 2005.Google Scholar

Regan, F. J. and Anandakrishnan, S. M.Dynamics of Atmospheric Re-Entry. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Education Series, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington DC, 1993.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Roy, A. E.Orbital Motion. 4th edn, Institute of Physics, London, 2004.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Wertz, J. R. and Larson, W. J., Space Mission Analysis and Design. 3rd edn, Microcosm/Kluwer, 1999.Google Scholar

Missions, Technologies and Design of Planetary Mobile Vehicles. Proceedings of the Centre National d’Études Spatiales conference, Toulouse, September 1992. Cépaduès Editions, 1993.

For communications, the book series Deep Space Communications and Navigation, published by John Wiley & Sons, is worth consulting. The full text of nine monographs in this series is currently available online at http://descanso.Jet Propulsion Laboratory.National Aeronautics and Space Administration.gov/.

Wilson, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the International Workshop on Planetary Probe Atmospheric Entry and Descent Trajectory Analysis and Science, Lisbon, 6–9 October 2003. European Space Agency SP-544, European Space Agency, 2004.

Proceedings of the 2nd International Planetary Probe Workshop, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, August 2004. Edited by E. Venkatapathy et al. National Aeronautics and Space Administration /CP-2004-213456, 2005.

Proceedings of the 3rd International Planetary Probe Workshop, Attica, Greece, 27 June–1 July 2005, published as European Space Agency SP-???, 2006.

Bakich, M. E.The Cambridge Planetary Handbook. Cambridge University Press, 2000.Google Scholar

Lodders, K. and Fegley, B.The Planetary Scientist's Companion. Oxford University Press, 1998.Google Scholar

Moroz, V. I., Huntress, W. T. and Shevalev, I. L.Planetary Missions of the 20th Century. Kosmich. Issled. 40(5), 451–481. Translated in Cosmic Res. 40(5), 419–445, 2002.Google Scholar

Siddiqi, A. A.Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000. Monographs in Aerospace History Volume 24. National Aeronautics and Space Administration SP-2002-4524. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 2002.Google Scholar

Thompson, T. D. Space Log 1996. TRW, 1997.

Wilson, A. Solar System Log, Janes, 1987.

Winterbottom, and Perry, . DRA Table of Space Vehicles 1958–1991.DRA, Farnborough, 1993.Google Scholar

Cherkasov, I. I. and Shvarev, V. V.Gruntovedenie Luny (Lunar Soil Science) (in Russian). Nauka, Moscow, 1979.Google Scholar

Heiken, G. H., Vaniman, D. T. and French, B. M. (eds.). Lunar Sourcebook – A User's Guide to the Moon. Cambridge University Press, 1991.Google Scholar

Marov, M. Ya. and Grinspoon, D. H.The Planet Venus. Yale University Press, 1998.Google Scholar

Surkov, Yu. A.Exploration of Terrestrial Planets from Spacecraft: Instrumentation, Investigation, Interpretation. 2nd. edn, Wiley-Praxis, Chichester, 1997.Google Scholar

Hunten, D. M., Colin, L., Donahue, T. M. and Moroz, V. I. (eds.) Venus. University of Arizona Press, 1983.Google Scholar

Kieffer, H. H., Jakosky, B. M., Snyder, C. W. and Matthews, M. S. (eds.) Mars. University of Arizona Press, 1993.Google Scholar

Johnson, N. L.Handbook of Soviet Lunar and Planetary Exploration. American Astronautical Society Science and Technology Series, 47. Univelt, 1979.Google Scholar

Nicks, O. W. Far Travelers: The Exploring Machines. National Aeronautics and Space Administration SP-480, 1985.

Pellinen, R. and Raudsepp, P. (eds.) Towards Mars! Oy Raud, 2000.

Perminov, V. G. The Difficult Road to Mars: A Brief History of Mars Exploration in the Soviet Union. Monographs in Aerospace History, Number 15. NP-1999-06-251-HQ National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1999.

Petrov, G. I. (ed.) Conquest of Outer Space in the USSR 1967–1970. National Aeronautics and Space Administration TT-F-725, Amerind, 1973. Translation of Osvoenie Kosmicheskogo Prostranstva v SSSR, Nauka, Moscow, 1971.Google Scholar

Reeves, R., The Superpower Space Race: An Explosive Rivalry through the Solar System. Plenum Press, 1994.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Semenov, Yu. P. (ed.) RKK Energia im. S.P. Koroleva 1946–1996. RKK Energia, Moscow, 1996.Google Scholar

Semenov, Yu.P. Rocket and Space Corporation Energia: The Legacy of S.P. Korolev. Energia, 1994. Translated edition, Apogee Books, 2001.

Serebrennikov, , et al. (eds.). NPO im. S.A. Lavochkina. Na Zemle, v Nebe i v Kosmose. Voennyi Parad, Moscow, 1997.Google Scholar

Siddiqi, A. A. Challenge to Apollo. National Aeronautics and Space Administration SP-2000-4408, 2000. Reprinted in two volumes as Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge and The Soviet Race with Apollo. University Press of Florida, 2003.

Skuridin, G. A.Mastery of Outer Space in the USSR, 1957–1967 (in Russian). Nauka, Moscow, 1971.Google Scholar

Ulivi, P. and Harland, D. M.Lunar Exploration: Human Pioneers and Robotic Surveyors. Springer-Praxis, Chichester, 2004.Google Scholar