No longer confined to territories on Earth, Russia has now laid its claim on Venus and said it is “a Russian planet.”
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Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian Space Corporation, said Venus is a Russian planet.
This week, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos, revealed that the country plans to send one of its own missions to Venus, in addition to the planned joint mission with the US “Venera-D”, Russian state news agency TASS reported. .
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Dmitry Rogozin made the remarks at the opening of Hellerusia 2020.
Rogozin was addressing reporters at the HelioRussia 2020 Expo, the International Expo of the Helicopter Industry in Moscow.
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“Resuming the search for Venus is on our agenda,” he told reporters on Tuesday.
“We think Venus is a Russian planet, so we should not lag behind,” he said.
“Projects of the Venus mission have been included in Russia’s joint government program of space exploration for 2021-2030.”
The statement came days after scientists revealed that a gas called phosphine had also been found in Venus’s atmosphere.
Venus is similar in size to Earth and our nearest planet is a neighbor, but it rotates backwards compared to other planets.
The study, written by Cardiff University professor Jane Greaves and colleagues, was published in the journal Nature Astronomy on Monday.
Sinner said the discovery of phosphine on Venus has elevated the rank of Mars in our solar system and the area of interest in exploring “world” moons such as Enceladus and Europa.
“Our expected impact in the planetary science community is to stimulate further research on Venus itself, research on the possibilities of life in the atmosphere of Venus, and space missions focused on finding signs of life or its life in the atmosphere of Venus,” Caesar said.
According to the European Space Agency, the Russians have considerable experience when it comes to Venus.
Its website states: “Venetian studies conducted in Russia between 1967-1984 were at the forefront of international research on the planet.
“Since then, Russia has retained its unique expertise in the design and development of landing craft for Venus and has continued to define scientific works for that craft.”
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