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On this date: Soviet Venera twin probe sets off for Venus
Just days after the launch of Venera 5 in 1969, the Soviet Union launched Venera 6 to continue exploration of Venus. The mission ... Together the Venera 5 and 6 probe data allowed a more precise ...
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Russia to draft program for launching space probe to Venus
The landing module will last on the surface of Venus for two ... The mass of the space probe to Venus is estimated at 6.5 tonnes. Russian Tsar’s daughter might have escaped 1918 execution ...
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NASA's return to Venus
The then-Soviet Union also took an interest in Venus, and beginning in the 1960s sent several probes to the planet. Its Venera 13 probe made history when it landed on the surface of Venus in 1982.
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Russia’s Luna 25 spacecraft captures first image of Moon surface
MOSCOW, August 17. /TASS/. The Russian Luna-25 spacecraft has taken the first image of the Moon surface after entering the lunar orbit, Roscosmos told reporters. "The Luna-25 spacecraft ...