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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Akatsuki (spacecraft) (redirect from Venus Climate Orbiter)
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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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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524522 Zoozve (redirect from Zoozve (quasimoon of Venus))
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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99942 Apophis (redirect from Exploration of 99942 Apophis)
third the distance of the Sun in both March and December, but this is about the distance of the planet Venus when it overtakes Earth every 1.6 years. On...
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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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