Venus Probes gathers the space probes sent to study Venus by flyby, orbit, atmospheric entry or landing. Spacecraft exploration of Venus followed observation reaching back to antiquity and continued through telescopic study before visiting spacecraft began arriving; study of the planet is aided by its relative closeness to Earth, even though its surface is hidden beneath an atmosphere that is opaque to visible light. Members of this group include the Soviet Union's Venera program landers and orbiters, the joint Vega missions, NASA's Magellan radar-mapping orbiter and Mariner 2, the European Space Agency's Venus Express, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki climate orbiter.
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Magellan (spacecraft) (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Magellan, The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989. Its mission objectives were to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic-aperture raView the Source Venera 7 (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Venera 7, Venera 7 (Russian: ??????-7, lit.?'Venus 7') was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the Venusian surface on 15 December 1970, it became the firstView the Source Wikipedia - Venera 13
Has Member: Venera 13, Venera 13 (Russian: ??????-13 'Venus 13') was part of the Soviet Venera program meant to explore Venus.View the Source Akatsuki (spacecraft) (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Akatsuki, Akatsuki (????, ?; "Dawn"), also known as the Venus Climate Orbiter (VCO) and Planet-C, was a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) space probe tasked with studying the atmosphere of Venus. IView the Source Mariner 2 - Wikipedia
Has Member: Mariner 2, Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), an American space probe to Venus, was the first robotic space probe to report successfully from a planetary encounter. The first successful spacecraft in the NASAView the Source Venera 9 - Wikipedia
Has Member: Venera 9, Venera 9 (Russian: ??????-9, lit.?'Venus-9'), manufacturer's designation: 4V-1 No. 660, was a Soviet uncrewed space mission to Venus. It consisted of an orbiter and a lander. It was launched on JView the Source Venera 4 - Wikipedia
Has Member: Venera 4, Venera 4 (Russian: ??????-4, lit.?'Venus-4'), also designated 4V-1 No.310, was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. The probe comprised a lander, designed to enter tView the Source Venera 1 - Wikipedia
Has Member: Venera 1, Venera 1 (Russian: ??????-1 meaning Venus 1), also known as Venera-1VA No.2 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 8, was the first spacecraft to perform an interplanetary flight and the first tView the Source Wikipedia: Venus Express
Has Member: Venus Express, 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 2006 and began continuously sending back scView the Source Wikipedia: Vega 1
Has Member: Vega 1, Vega 1 (along with its twin Vega 2) was a Soviet space probe, part of the Vega program. The spacecraft was a development of the earlier Venera craft. They were designed by Babakin Space Centre anView the Source Wikipedia: Venera 15
Has Member: Venera 15, Venera 15 (Russian: ??????-15 meaning Venus 15) was a spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union. This uncrewed orbiter was to map the surface of Venus using high resolution imaging systems. ThView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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