Zond

One of a series of Soviet space probes launched between 1963 and 1970. Zonds 1 and 2 flew by Venus and Mars, respectively, but returned no data. Zond 3 photographed the farside of the Moon in 1965. Zond 4 was a failed mission. Zonds 5, 6, 7 and 8 made flights around the Moon and were recovered on Earth.