title: Russian program of planetary missions.
abstract: In the area of Solar System Exploration most of recently proposed mission oriented to the studies of Mars. Except MARS-96 and possibly MARS SAMPLE RETURN missions other Mars missions use Molnija class launchers. All Russian missions heavily involve international partners.
authors.affiliation: Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Galeev
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D018559:Exobiology; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D007391:International Cooperation; D018535:Mars; D018542:Pluto; D016730:Program Development; D012107:Research Design; D012426:Russia; D016082:Solar System; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018531:Spacecraft / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014481:United States