Trapped on Venus: What Remains of the Venera Probes Today?
It is an astronomical rollercoaster of superlatives: while Venus was initially thought to be Earth’s cosmic twin and then recognized as its toxic stepsister, our neighboring planet is suddenly suspected of harboring life again! Did the Soviets already have this exciting speculation in the back of their minds when they sent no fewer than 28 research probes to Venus between 1961 and 1983?
Well, who knows – but it is a fact that the ambitious Venera program was by no means only crowned with success – but was marked by crashing failures, especially at the beginning!
Despite all this, the mission also provided groundbreaking new insights: and one of them is now coming back into focus when it comes to the hotly debated question of life on Venus!
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