Peter1469
03-16-2017, 11:30 AM
NASA and Russia may explore Venus together (http://www.space.com/36064-nasa-russia-venus-mission-partnership-talks.html)
I had not realized that Russia has already landed probes on the surface.
NASA scientists are meeting with representatives from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Space Research Institute (IKI) this week, to continue discussion of a possible collaboration (http://www.space.com/35333-russia-nasa-venus-mission-venera-d.html) on the institute's upcoming Venera-D mission to Venus, NASA officials announced last week.
Russia launched 16 space probes toward Venus as part of the Venera series between 1961 and 1983, including the only probes to ever successfully land on the surface of hellish planet (http://www.space.com/18551-venera-13.html). The IKI Venera-D mission is scheduled to launch sometime in the 2020s. The mission would include an orbiter and a lander, and possibly a solar-powered airship that would fly through Venus' upper atmosphere.
"This potential collaboration makes for an enriching partnership to maximize the science results from Venera-D, and continue the exploration of this key planet in our solar system," Adriana Ocampo, who leads the Joint Science Definition Team working on a report regarding the potential partnership, said in the statement. [Photos: Venus, the Mysterious Planet Next Door (http://www.space.com/12437-venus-photos-planets-venusian-solar-system.html)]
Scientists from NASA will meet with representatives from IKI to "[identify] shared science objectives for Venus exploration," according to a statement (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-studying-shared-venus-science-objectives-with-russian-space-research-institute) from the agency.
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I had not realized that Russia has already landed probes on the surface.
NASA scientists are meeting with representatives from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Space Research Institute (IKI) this week, to continue discussion of a possible collaboration (http://www.space.com/35333-russia-nasa-venus-mission-venera-d.html) on the institute's upcoming Venera-D mission to Venus, NASA officials announced last week.
Russia launched 16 space probes toward Venus as part of the Venera series between 1961 and 1983, including the only probes to ever successfully land on the surface of hellish planet (http://www.space.com/18551-venera-13.html). The IKI Venera-D mission is scheduled to launch sometime in the 2020s. The mission would include an orbiter and a lander, and possibly a solar-powered airship that would fly through Venus' upper atmosphere.
"This potential collaboration makes for an enriching partnership to maximize the science results from Venera-D, and continue the exploration of this key planet in our solar system," Adriana Ocampo, who leads the Joint Science Definition Team working on a report regarding the potential partnership, said in the statement. [Photos: Venus, the Mysterious Planet Next Door (http://www.space.com/12437-venus-photos-planets-venusian-solar-system.html)]
Scientists from NASA will meet with representatives from IKI to "[identify] shared science objectives for Venus exploration," according to a statement (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-studying-shared-venus-science-objectives-with-russian-space-research-institute) from the agency.
Read the rest at the link.