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    Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, also known as Pioneer Venus 2 or Pioneer 13, was a spacecraft launched in 1978 to explore Venus as part of NASA's Pioneer program...
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    The Pioneer Venus project was part of the Pioneer program consisting of two spacecraft, the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, launched...
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    The Pioneer Venus Orbiter, also known as Pioneer Venus 1 or Pioneer 12, was a mission to Venus conducted by NASA as part of the Pioneer Venus project...
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    gathered by Pioneer Venus Multiprobe in 1978 has also revealed the presence of phosphine and its dissociation products in the atmosphere of Venus. In 2021...
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    with the Pioneer Venus project, consisting of two separate missions: the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe and Pioneer Venus Orbiter, orbiting Venus between 1978...
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    Orbiter (Pioneer Venus 1, Pioneer 12) – launched May 1978 Pioneer Venus Multiprobe (Pioneer Venus 2, Pioneer 13) – launched August 1978 Pioneer Venus Probe...
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    the Moon List of missions to Mars "Pioneer Venus Project Information". Retrieved 30 December 2023. "Pioneer Venus 2". Retrieved 30 December 2023. The...
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    A transit of Venus takes place when Venus passes directly between the Sun and the Earth (or any other superior planet), becoming visible against (and hence...
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    surface of Venus is dominated by geologic features that include volcanoes, large impact craters, and aeolian erosion and sedimentation landforms. Venus has a...
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    ammonia in the atmosphere of Venus was tentatively detected by two atmospheric probes - Venera 8 and Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, although the detection was...
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    terraforming of Venus or the terraformation of Venus is the hypothetical process of engineering the global environment of the planet Venus in order to make...
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    DAVINCI (category Missions to Venus)
    the atmosphere of Venus since the Soviet Vega probes in 1985, and the first atmospheric probe by NASA since the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe mission in 1978...
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    between Earth and Venus Pioneer Venus project Pioneer Venus Orbiter, launched May 1978, completed – Venus orbiter Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, launched August...
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    The planet Venus has been used as a setting in fiction since before the 19th century. Its opaque cloud cover gave science fiction writers free rein to...
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  • 2010-12-24. NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center (February 12, 2015). "Pioneer Venus Project Information". Retrieved August 21, 2018. Bernd Leitenbergers...
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    a descent probe planned for 2029 Pioneer Venus Multiprobe Venera, a series of Soviet probes and landers Life on Venus EscaPADE, an interplanetary mission...
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    conditions of the Venusian surface. Data from the radar mapper on the Pioneer Venus orbiter suggested an explanation in terms of chemical composition. It...
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  • Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is classified as a terrestrial planet. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister planet" due to their similar size...
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    Venus, as one of the brightest objects in the sky, has been known since prehistoric times and has been a major fixture in human culture for as long as...
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    two Pioneer spacecraft to Venus. The Pioneer mission consisted of two components, launched separately: an orbiter and a multiprobe. The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe...
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    saw the launch of the Pioneer Venus missions launched by the United States, on 20 May and 8 August. The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe landed four spacecraft...
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    The Vega program (Russian: Вега) was a series of Venus missions that also took advantage of the appearance of comet 1P/Halley in 1986. Vega 1 and Vega...
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    The 2012 transit of Venus, when the planet Venus appeared as a small, dark spot passing across the face of the Sun, began at 22:09 UTC on 5 June 2012,...
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  • volcanoes. In addition, Venus has unusual types of volcanoes: pancake domes and scalloped margin domes. Most small volcanoes on Venus are nameless. Due to...
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    2002 VE68) is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid and temporary quasi-moon of Venus. Discovered in 2002, it was the first such object to be discovered around...
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    remains. Venera 8-14 and Vega 1 and 2 were explicitly designed to land on Venus and are not included in this list. Ranger 4 Ranger 6 Rangers 7, 8, and 9...
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    (spacecraft) Morelos Satellite System Paksat-1 satellite Pioneer program Pioneer Venus Multiprobe Pioneer Venus Orbiter Surveyor program Surveyor 1 Surveyor 2 Surveyor...
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    Ancient Greek: Ἕσπερος, romanized: Hésperos) is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. A son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora), he is the...
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    The phases of Venus are the variations of lighting seen on the planet's surface, similar to lunar phases. The first recorded observations of them are...
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    A transit of Venus was observed from Earth on 8 June 2004. The event received significant attention, since it was the first Venus transit after the invention...
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