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Tag Archives: Venus
Kennedy’s Public and Private Thoughts on Apollo
On September 12, 1962, President Kennedy gave his famous speech at Rice University in Texas proclaiming that Americans take on lofty goals like landing a man on the Moon not because it is easy but because it is hard. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Apollo, Gemini, History of Space Science, Manned Spaceflight, Mercury, Moon, Rockets, Soviet
Tagged American, Apollo, Gemini, JFK, Kennedy, Manned Spaceflight, Mercury Program, Moon, NASA, Rice University, Soviet Space Program, Spaceflight, Venus
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Venus’ Transits Through History
In a matter of hours, lucky observers with clear skies will be able to watch Venus pass in front of the Sun. Transits of Venus are rare – this is the last one until 2117 – but that’s not the … Continue reading
Posted in History of Space Science, Planetary Science
Tagged Astronomy, Mercury, NASA, Venus
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More Mystery Surrounding Venus
I’ve always been fascinated with Venus, the planet closest to Earth in size that is different in every other respect. It rotates in the opposite direction, not just from Earth but from every planet in the Solar System. A day … Continue reading
NASA’s Manned Mission to Venus
In the mid-1960s, NASA was already looking ahead to what it would do after the Apollo program. Where could the organization send astronauts after the moon that would make use of everything it had learned getting them to our satellite? … Continue reading
NASA’s First Interplanetary Journey: Venus
Venus has always held a certain fascination for sky-gazers. It’s the brightest object aside from the Sun and the Moon and it’s been named for three goddesses of love: the Roman Venus, the Greek Aphrodite, and the Babylonian Ishtar. As … Continue reading
Unraveling Venus
Whenever anyone gets me talking about space and spaceflight, they invariably ask what got me started on ‘all of this space stuff’ in the first place. The short answer is Venus. I became captivated by the planet researching a second … Continue reading
Posted in Planetary Science, Soviet, Unmanned Spaceflight
Tagged American, Robots, Soviet, Venus
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