The Soviet Mars-2 and Mars-3 missions were quite successful (orbiting and landing). Here is a gallery of mars images 1971-1974[1] The soviets were also the fir

The Soviet Mars-2 and Mars-3 missions were quite successful (orbiting and landing). Here is a gallery of mars images 1971-1974[1] The soviets were also the first to land on Luna in 1966 [2] and on Venus in 1975[3] [1]http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogMars.htm http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogMars.htm [2]http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogMoon.htm http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogMoon.htm [3]http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogVenus.htm http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogVenus.htm