Vega program

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by TeMPOraL • 10 years ago

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TeMPOraL2• 10 years ago

Context: dropping this here because I've talked with an ESA guy yesterday who told me that the Russian mission that used balloons on Venus seems to not be widely known. This was brought up in context of NASA's proposed Venus airship idea.

avmich• 10 years ago

Thanks, but there are many cool things not widely known from Soviet space program. Like first landing on Mars (Mars-3), Phobos program, Zond program, preparing a Mars launch during Cuban crisis, Buran program, BORs, hypersonic research in 1990-s...

TeMPOraL2• 10 years ago

I know. Leaving that for others to post :).

swatkat• 10 years ago

Yes! I guess Venera program is more widely known than Vega. By the way, Indian space agency, ISRO, is mulling over a mission to Venus[1]. I hope to see more inter-planetary missions in future by space agencies all over the world!

[1] https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28103.msg1...

Vega program

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