Illustrated with the photographs taken by Soviet Venus and Mars probes, pictures of the spacecraft, diagrams of the flight paths and landing techniques and maps of the landing sites, the book will build on the
The same object shows up in a photograph taken by an identical landing probe, Venera-14, which landed nearby on Venus. "If those objects were already on the surface of Venus, what are the chances that Venera 13 and 14, which landed nearly 1,000 kilometers apart, would both land inches...
2013 Aug. 30: Update: PTK NP's landing gear: Info, imagery; 2013 Aug. 29: Update: Descent module of PTK NP spacecraft: Info, imagery on the toilet system; 2013 Aug. 28: Update: PTK NP development in 2013: Info, imagery from MAKS-2013 air and space show; 2013 Aug. 21: Upda...
that nose-cone-looking hardware was designed to beat the heat of re-entry, then make a hard landing without a parachute in the Sary Shagan missile
NASA's Mariner 2 became the first spacecraft to fly by Venus and measure its extreme surface temperature in 1962. The Soviet Union launched several "Venera" spacecraft, and in 1970 Venera 7 became the first spacecraft to make a successful soft landing on the planet, though it melted within...
Vandebergh told SPACE.com that on Dec. 28, after a long period of cloudy weather, he finally grabbed a new picture ofPhobos-Gruntas it sailed over Europe. You may like A failed Soviet Venus probe is falling to Earth, and an astronomer will attempt to catch it on camera on May 9 ...
Landing on Mars PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: ExoMars rover mission NEW, March 29: ExoMars rover mission in 2025 Phobos-Grunt-2 (Bumerang) Mars-NET Mars sample return Expedition-M Mars sample return mission ROBOTIC MISSIONS TO VENUS Historical missions: Venera-7 NEW, May 9: Venera-72 project ho...
First flown in the mid-1960's, the Proton family of rockets has played a critical role in the exploration of space. The Salyut and Mir space stations were launched on Proton rockets. A large number of space probes were launched on Proton, including missions to Mars, Venus, and the Moon....
The name was taken from the Swedish 64-gun ship of the line “Rättvisan” (Justice), captured on June 22, 1790 by the Frigate Venus during the Battle of Sveaborg. She was pressed into service in the Russian fleet with her name russified as “Retvizan” or “Rietwizan”, commemoratin...
In 1959, work began on a massive facility designed to communicate with spacecraft sent to Mars and Venus. With less than a year to complete the project, Evgenii Gubenko headed the design and construction team for Riazanskii's bureau. The required range for radio transmission was 300 million...