Beginning in the late 1960s, NASA began planning for its first program to explore Venus. Although planetary entry probes had been flown to Venus by the Soviets beginning in 1967, NASA had not previously flown this type of mission. The Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company, now owned by Boeing and called Boeing Satellite Systems, worked with NASA to perform initial studies that culminated with a contract for the Pioneer Venus program in early 1974. Pioneer Venus was an ambitious program that included four planetary entry probes, transported to Venus by a Multiprobe Bus, and a Venus Orbiter. This paper focuses on the engineering aspects of the probes and the challenges overcome in accommodating the various scientific instruments.


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    Title :

    Pioneer Venus and Gelileo Entry Probe Heritage


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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