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The Moon had been the principal target for the USSR in 1958 and 1959, and for the US as well through 1960, but both had ambitions to send spacecraft to the planets. Venus was the closest and most accessible, but Mars, slightly farther away, was the most fascinating. Having been successful at the Moon, the Soviet Union was ready to start launching planetary missions in 1960. The US, struggling to achieve success at the Moon, decided to put off attempting planetary missions.
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Huntress, W.T., Marov, M.Y. (2011). Launching to Mars and Venus. In: Soviet Robots in the Solar System. Springer Praxis Books(), vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7898-1_7
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