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    Observations of the planet Venus include those in antiquity, telescopic observations, and from visiting spacecraft. Spacecraft have performed various...
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  • structure and dynamics of the Venusian mesosphere. Spaceflight portal India portal List of missions to Venus Observations and explorations of Venus Chandrayaan...
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    Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is a terrestrial planet and is the closest in mass and size to its orbital neighbour Earth. Venus has by far...
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    Colonization of Mars Colonization of the Moon Colonization of the Solar System Manned Venus flyby Observations and explorations of Venus Aerospace architecture...
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  • Orbit of Venus Quadrangles on Venus History of Venus Observations and explorations of Venus Artificial objects on Venus Venera Venera 1 Venera 2 Venera...
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    performed observations to characterize the atmosphere and surface of Venus. It continued to transmit data until October 1992. The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe...
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  • Aerobot Atmosphere of Venus Life on Venus Observations and explorations of Venus Astronomers ponder possible life adrift in Venus' clouds. Deborah Byrd...
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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 thought...
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    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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  • the longer wavelength continuum and emissions. List of missions to Venus Observations and explorations of Venus "Venus Spectral Rocket Experiment". NASA...
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    Mercury Observations and explorations of Venus Exploration of the Moon Exploration of Mars Exploration of Ceres Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Saturn...
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    General Observations and explorations of Venus Space colonization Space exploration Space weather Timeline of Solar System exploration Crew Health and Performance...
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    of observations in Bangalore Predictions for the 2004 Transit of Venus The Transit of Venus: Where to See It Photos taken by BBC News readers Venus Transit...
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    atmosphere of Venus is the very dense layer of gasses surrounding the planet Venus. Venus's atmosphere is composed of 96.5% carbon dioxide and 3.5% nitrogen...
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    these observations. As of 8 February 2021, an updated status of studies considering the possible detection of lifeforms on Venus (via phosphine) and Mars...
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    2006-11-08. Jeremiah Horrocks, William Crabtree, and the Lancashire observations of the transit of Venus of 1639, Allan Chapman 2004 Cambridge University...
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    The 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...
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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. Launched...
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    Joseph Banks, astronomer Charles Green and naturalist Daniel Solander recorded the transit of Venus from the island of Tahiti during Cook's first voyage around...
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    MESSENGER missions have been the only missions that have made close observations of Mercury. MESSENGER made three flybys before entering orbit around Mercury...
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    Venus Express (VEX) was the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). Launched in November 2005, it arrived at Venus in April...
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    Venus has an orbit with a semi-major axis of 0.723 au (108,200,000 km; 67,200,000 mi), and an eccentricity of 0.007. The low eccentricity and comparatively...
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    System (and beyond) followed, then and in the next centuries: the mountains of the Moon, the phases of Venus, the main satellites of Jupiter and Saturn...
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    gravity-assist flybys) space missions to the planet Venus. Missions to Venus constitute part of the exploration of Venus. The Soviet Union followed by the United...
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  • Venera-D (category Missions to Venus)
    to Venus that would include an orbiter and a lander to be launched in 2029. The orbiter's prime objective is to perform observations with the use of a...
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    designation 2002 VE68) is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid and temporary quasi-satellite of Venus. Discovered in 2002, it was the first such object to be...
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    Manned Venus Flyby was a 1967–1968 NASA proposal to send three astronauts on a flyby mission to Venus in an Apollo-derived spacecraft in 1973–1974, using...
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    and exploration of the Solar System Human presence in space List of missions to the Moon List of missions to Venus List of missions to Mars List of Solar...
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    the Venus Climate Orbiter (VCO) and Planet-C, was a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) space probe tasked with studying the atmosphere of Venus. It...
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    EnVision (category Missions to Venus)
    Spaceflight portal Observations and explorations of Venus List of missions to Venus Akatsuki, a Japanese Venus orbiter DAVINCI, a NASA orbiter and atmospheric...
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