The Vega project: A space mission to Venus and Halley’s comet

The Vega project: A space mission to Venus and Halley’s comet

The launch of the Soviet space probes Vega 1 and Vega 2 to explore Venus, including its atmosphere, and flyby Halley’s comet, a rare guest in the inner Solar System, added a vivid page to the history of space exploration. This paper is dedicated to Designer General Vyacheslav M. Kovtunenko.

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Veröffentlicht in:Solar system research 2012-12, Vol.46 (7), p.568-577
Hauptverfasser: Dolgopolov, V. P., Pichkhadze, K. M., Sukhanov, K. G.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Astronomy
Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Balloons
Comets
Halley's comet
Inner solar system
Observations and Techniques
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Planetology
Solar system
Space exploration
Space missions
Space probes
Spacecraft
Vega project
Venus
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Zusammenfassung:The launch of the Soviet space probes Vega 1 and Vega 2 to explore Venus, including its atmosphere, and flyby Halley’s comet, a rare guest in the inner Solar System, added a vivid page to the history of space exploration. This paper is dedicated to Designer General Vyacheslav M. Kovtunenko.
ISSN:0038-0946
1608-3423
DOI:10.1134/S0038094612070106