Observations and Explorations of the Planet Venus Including Flybys, Orbiters, Descent Probes, Landers, En Routes, and Future Missions

By: Sing, Patrick

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Observations of the planet Venus were first made by Babylonian astronomers around 1600 BC and have continued into the present. The exploration of Venus by space probes began shortly after the Space Age, starting with the Soviet probe Venera 1 in 1961. The first successful Venus probe was NASA's Mariner 2, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1286282489
• ISBN13: 9781286282489
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Webster's Digital Services
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.7"