The ones below are the best versions I've seen of projecting the imagery (V14 in this case) as true panoramas. These 3 guys are truly wizards when it comes to processing of spacecraft imagery!
![Roscosmos Planetary Exploration Missions - Page 6 Venera11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f60/19/14/38/61/venera11.jpg)
![Roscosmos Planetary Exploration Missions - Page 6 Venera12](https://i.servimg.com/u/f60/19/14/38/61/venera12.jpg)
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Big_Gazza wrote:Daniel_Admassu wrote:My favorite is the images from Venera 9. Those were relatively clear and really a big deal considering the venusian atmospheric and surface conditions.
However expensive manned missions are, no probe can replace human presence in any exploration. I agree that current chemical rocket tech is what is holding everything back. Let's just hope that the nuclear tug project will give not just Russia but humanity the edge again. Any official timeframe?
The Venera 9 image was the first image taken from the surface of another planet. It is a deeply historical picture, but given that was by the Soviets, the tendancy in the West has been to ignore the achivement.
Modern digital processing really brings out images that the original releases (photos of hardcopy prints) just didn't convey. Too bad that the 2nd camera didn't return an image (due to the lens cap not coming off when commanded)
Venus is however one of those places where humans will never step (at least if they want to avoid a very unpleasent demise). Io is another, but for different reasons.![]()
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George1 wrote:why not a new Venera mission?
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George1 wrote:why not a new Venera mission?
The work will be carried out on the basis of the draft roadmap for the start of work on the Venus exploration program, approved by the Russian Academy of Sciences and Roscosmos. The work is expected to be completed by February 28, 2023.
By this time, the feasibility of the mission and possible design solutions should be justified, ensuring the study of the atmosphere, surface, internal structure and surrounding plasma of Venus at the modern level, a study of the possibility of returning to Earth samples of soil, atmosphere and aerosols of Venus, and a technical project tasks for the space complex for the study of Venus "Venus-D".
"The composition of the Venera-D space complex should be determined at the stage of the technical proposal, based on the use of existing and developed in Russia ILV [space rocket] of the heavy class (PH [launch vehicle] Angara-A5" with RB [upper stage ] DM-03) ", - says the terms of reference. It is specified that the launch of the spacecraft should be carried out in 2029.
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kvs wrote:Clearly space "exploration" consists of national vanity projects. Russia does not need to engage in this rubbish.
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Daniel_Admassu wrote:Good to know that there still is a program for Venus. But all these timetables make me cringe my teeth. 2023 for the completion of a feasibility study of something conceived a while back? There are times I agree with Vann7. Roscosmos is seriously underfunded.
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kvs wrote:Russia does not need to dance to the tune of its critics. Trying to foist some vanity projects on Russia as an imbecilic requirement to
prove its worth is assuming that Russians are total morons. A common problem on the part of Russia's enemies who never learn from
history.
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MOSCOW, November 3 - RIA Novosti. Roskosmos ordered development work on the creation of two lunar stations - the orbital Luna-26 and the landing Luna-27 - from the NPO named after Lavochkin, the corresponding contracts are posted on the public procurement portal.
Both contracts imply "the creation of space complexes for conducting contact and remote studies of the lunar surface in the circumpolar region."
According to the first, in 2022-2024, a "Space complex with an orbital spacecraft for remote research" should be created. The second contract concerns the creation in 2022-2025 of a "space complex for conducting contact studies of the lunar surface in the polar region."
The Luna-26 mission for mapping is expected in 2024, Luna-27 for soil exploration - in 2025. "Luna-28" was planned to be sent in 2027-2028 to take lunar soil and work out the landing scheme for Russian cosmonauts.
Now Russia 's first mission to the Moon in almost 50 years is being prepared - Luna-25 will be sent to work out the basic technologies for a soft landing in the circumpolar region and conduct contact research in the South Pole. After repeated transfers, its launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome is expected in 2023.
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