Vega program
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The Vega program was a series of Venus missions that also took advantage of the appearance of Halley's Comet in 1986. Vega 1 and Vega 2 were uncrewed spacecraft launched in a cooperative effort among
Vega mission description
A Vega probe bus on display at the National Air and Space Museum
Artist's impression of the Vega probe on Venus
Vega balloon probe on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Geoffrey A. Landis.
Venera program
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The Venera program was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus. A total of eighteen probes were sent, including two re
Vega program
…release a lander and a balloon probe, and later conduct a flyby of Halley's Comet. The flyby of Halley's Comet had been a late mission change in the Venera program, following on from the cancellation of the American Halley mission in 1981. A later Venera mission was canceled and the Venus part of the Vega…
Full-scale model of the Venera 1 in the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
Model of Venera 7 lander in the Cosmos Pavilion, VDNKh
KTDU-425A liquid-propellant engine used on Venera spacecraft from 9 to 16
Artist's impression of Venera 10 lander on Venus's surface