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0 pointszitterbewegung8y ago0 comments

The funny thing is that you could almost classify most space missions as drones (or probes).

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dullgiulio8y ago· 2 in thread

They are usually called rovers, unless they actually fly. I cannot name any single atmospheric flight on another planet, only controlled plunges.

The Vega-1 and Vega-2 balloons operated for more than 46 hours in the atmosphere of Venus as part of the Soviet Venera programme [0]

Everyone forgets about that program, and it was incredible stuff.

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