Russia has begun plans to build Venera-D, the first spacecraft to be sent to Venus by Soviet space since Soviet times. Originally planned as a joint operation with NASA in the US, it will now potentially become unilateral.
Speaking to Toss News Agency, the scientific director of the Institute for Space Research Lev Jeleni explained that if everything goes on schedule, the ship will first be launched in 2029.
“The technical design of the project has begun,” He said, after a meeting between the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
Russia’s Venus program plans to include at least three different missions, with Venera-D being the first. The orbital station will study the Earth’s surface, atmosphere, internal structure and the surrounding plasma.
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This will be followed by two more trips in 2031 and 2034. The last one will bring atmospheric samples and possibly ibly land to Earth.
Last September, Roscosmos announced that the mission would be carried out as one “Independent national project without widespread involvement of international cooperation,” Despite an initial desire to join NASA.
The last time Moscow did extensive research on Venus was during the time of the Soviet Union, when the unmanned Venus-7 became the first spacecraft to transmit data to soft-land and Earth.
Last year, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin made headlines after telling Venus that “Russian planet,” Noted that the USSRA has made the most significant progress in investigating another planet from the Sun.
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“Our country was on the first and only Venus. Our instrument was there, and it did research. In general, it’s living hell.” Rogozin said. “The mission to Venus is part of Russia’s 2021-2030 government program of space exploration.”
Despite Moscow’s preference, most space exploration countries are lower than Friday’s list. Although the Earth is the same size, it has an atmosphere of%.% Carbon dioxide and an average temperature of 4 464 degrees, which is not suitable for life.
Last summer, scientists at Cardiff University in the UK published a paper stating that Venus clouds could be inhabited by living beings. Researchers have discovered phosphine gas in the planet’s atmosphere, a substance associated with life on Earth. Since things also stand, the gas remains unclear.
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