Episodes Tagged with "Venus"

Dec 23

Space Rocket History #142 – Venera 4

Posted on December 23, 2015

“It seemed that the nearby and mysterious planet was resorting to tricks to hide the secrets kept beneath its cover of clouds. As the probe drew nearer, Venus’ gravitational field increased its speed. The Doppler effect altered the wavelength of the ...

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Tagged:4v 1, 8k78, Babakin, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Chertok, Exploration, Heliocentric, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Keldysh, Kosmos 167, Lavochkin, Magnetometer, Mars, Molniya, Nip 16, Rocket, Sapwood, Space, Sputnik, The Magic Roundabout, Ultraviolet Spectrometer, Venera, Venus

Mar 6

Space Rocket History #292 – Space 1970 – Venera 7

Posted on March 6, 2019

The VENERA 7 lander was the hardiest of the Soviet Venus probes yet built. Its creators wanted the vessel to land on the planet’s surface in working order. Venera 7 in the testing and assembly areaReproduction of Venera 7 lander Molniya-M (R7 8K78M)

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Tagged:Molniya, Russian, Soviet, Venera 7, Venus

Oct 10

Space Rocket History #33 – Science Overload – Mercury-Atlas 7, Aurora 7 with Scott Carpenter

Posted on October 10, 2013

After the successful completion of the Mercury-Atlas 6 flight that carried John Glenn into orbit, it was Scott Carpenter’s turn to pilot Mercury-Atlas 7, which he named Aurora 7. The mission was essentially a repeat of John Glenn’s 3 orbit mission, ...

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Tagged:Alan Shepard, Ascs, Atlas, Aurora 7, Cape Canaveral, Deke Slayton, Exploration, Fireflies, Friendship 7, Frost, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Guymas, Hawaii, History, John Glenn, Launch Complex, Mercury, Mercury 7, Muchea, Rocket, Scott Carptenter, Space, Space Particles, Venus, Walter Schirra

Oct 31

Space Rocket History #36 – Mariner 2 and Relay 1

Posted on October 31, 2013

During the summer of 1962 final preparations were underway for the first U.S. attempt to reach another planet. The planet was Venus, Earth’s closest planetary neighbor. This first flight would be accomplished by the JPL built Mariner 2 spacecraft…

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Tagged:1964 Summer Olympics, Agena, Ariel 1, Atlas, Atlas Agena, Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Kennedy, Cosmic Dust Detector, Cosmic Ray Detector, Earth, Echo 1, Exploration, Flyby, History, Japan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jpl, Kennedy Assassination, Launch Complex 12, Life Of The Late John F Kennedy, Magnetometer, Mariner 2, Nasa, Particle Detector, President Kennedy, Radio Corporation Of America, Ranger, Ranger 4, Rca, Record, Relay 1, Solar Plasma Spectrometer, Solar Wind, Soviet, Space, Syncom 3, Telstar 1, Tokyo, Venus, White House, Winston Churchill

Apr 19

Space Rocket History #437 – Mariner 10 – Venus & Mercury

Posted on April 19, 2024

Scientists had long been intrigued by Mercury, the innermost planet of our solar system. Despite its proximity to the Sun, Mercury remained largely unexplored, with many questions remaining about its surface features, geological composition, and magn...

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Tagged:Atlas Centaur, Canopus, Deep Space Network, Giuseppe Colombo, Kohoutek, Mariner 10, Mercury, Nasa, Titan, Venus

Jul 3

Space Rocket History #69 – Zond 3, Venera 3, and Asterix

Posted on July 3, 2014

The Zond program was one of two lunar exploration programs conducted by the Soviet Union to investigate the Moon and its vicinity. The program began in 1964 and ended in 1979. The early Zond’s 1-3 were originally designed for planetary exploration, w...

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Tagged:8k78, A 1, Alouette 1, Ariel 1, Asterix, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Diamant, Exploration, Explorer 1, French, Heliocentric, Kenneth Hecht, Mars, Molniya, Moon, More Mechty, Rocket, San Marco 1, Sapwood, Space, Sputnik, Ss 6, The Magic Roundabout, Venera, Venus, Von Braun, Zebby, Zebulon, Zond