Soviet space exploration history has been well documented onSoviet stamps. TheseSoviet stamps cover a broad spectrum of subjects related to theSoviet space program. While much of the focus has been placed on the nation'snotable "firsts" in space flight, including: Earth orbitingsatellite,Sputnik 1;animal in space, the dogLaika onSputnik 2;human in space and Earth orbit,Yuri Gagarin onVostok 1; first spacewalk,Alexei Leonov onVoskhod 2;woman in space,Valentina Tereshkova onVostok 6;Moon impact, 1959, and uncrewed landing;space station; andinterplanetary probe; numerous stamps have paid tribute to more generalastronomical topics as well.^[1][2]

• Gurevich, Iakov Borisovich and Vladimir Il'ich Shcherbakov.Kosmicheskaia filateliia: katalog-spravochnik. Moscow: Radio i sviaz, 1986, 126p.
• Kvasnikov, IU. S.Rossiiskaia kosmonavtika na pochtovykh markakh 1951–1995. Moscow: Novosti Kosmonavtiki?, 1996, 154p.
• Kvasnikov, Yuri.Russian Cosmonautics On Postage Stamps. Falkirk: Astro Space Stamp Society, 1999, 35p.
• Reichman, James G.Soviet and Russian philatelic items related to dogs in space. Mesa, Arizona, James G. Reichman, 2012, 97p.
• Sashenkov, Evgeniĭ Petrovich.Sovetskaia kosmonavtika v filatelii: katalog-spravochnik. Moscow: Glavnaia Filatelisticheskaia kontora, Soiuzpechati Ministerstva sviazi SSSR, 1967, 138p.

• Postage stamps of the Soviet Union
• U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps
• Space Race

• "Russian Topical Stamps: Cosmos".Topical. Postage Stamps and Stationery of Russia and USSR. Retrieved14 September 2010.
• "What Does It Say?".Philatelic Snippets. Astro Space Stamp Society. Retrieved21 May 2012.
• "Exploring the Moon on stamps". Retrieved26 December 2011.

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