The head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia plans, in addition to a joint mission with the United States to Venus, to send there another, its own — adding that it considers the planet «Russian».
“Venus is still a Russian planet, so there is nothing to lag behind others in research. — cite a statement made at the HeliRussia-2020 exhibition, RIA Novosti — Projects of missions on Venus are included in the draft of the unified state program of space activities of Russia for the period 2021-2030.
“I want to confirm that our country was the only one and the first on Venus. Our apparatus was there, he conducted research, in general there is a living hell.
The launch of the Venera-D research program, developed jointly with the United States, is scheduled for the late 2020s.
