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Vega 2 Venus Balloon

Russia · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1985

Roald Sagdeev15 June 1985

Venus · Science / Astronomy

Vega 2 deploys a second balloon into Venus's atmosphere, providing additional measurements of cloud-level circulation.

Names involved

Roald Sagdeev

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