MOSCOW, Sept. 15. / TASS /. Russia plans to send its own mission to Venus in addition to the U.S.-planned mission “Venera-D,” Russia’s Roscosmos space corporation chief Dmitry Rogozin told reporters Tuesday at the HeliRussia-2020 show .
“The resumption of the Venus study is on our agenda. First, our” Venera-D “project is in collaboration with the Americans. We are also considering our mission We believe that Venus is a Russian planet, so we should not lag behind it.Projects of Venus missions are included in the unified government program of Russian space exploration for 2021-2030, ”he said.
Scientific Director of the Russian Space Research Institute Lev Zeleny told TASS in May that Russia would develop a new Venus exploration program, which would include sending at least three research vehicles to the planet.
The researcher said that for the first time within the program the “Venera-D” was planned in the late 2020s. The project will be part of the government’s space program. The previous comprehensive program for the study of Venus has been implemented in the USSR.