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When radio greetings sent to Venus go unanswered, Harringway announces that a journey to Venus is the only alternative. The recently completed Soviet spaceship Kosmoskrator, intended to voyage to Mars, is now redirected to Venus, a 30-to-31-day journey. During the voyage, Sikarna works diligently to translate the alien message using the ...
Infrared image of the night-side of Venus, showing different layers of clouds at altitudes of 35 to 50 km in different colours. Red coloured clouds are the highest, green and blue are below. Carbon dioxide and monoxide areas are absorbing infrared signatures. Venusian clouds are thick and are composed mainly (75–96%) of sulfuric acid droplets ...
However, the electrical systems malfunction, crippling the spacecraft, causing it to fall back towards the Space Centre. EUROSEC are unable to correct the fault and Doppelganger crashes into a parked spacecraft, killing Ross and starting a chain reaction that destroys much of the Space Centre. All records of Ross's presence on the Counter-Earth ...
The EnVision Venus explorer will study that planet in unprecedented detail, from inner core to the top of its atmosphere, to help astronomers understand why the hot, toxic world didn’t turn out ...
The opening credits appear in outline block letters in light blue against the background of space, in the same style as the Superman films. [4]Many of the promotional items for this movie feature a stylised image from the film, of the male leads, standing in a similar pose to Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in posters from the Back to the Future franchise.
Oldest known recording of Venus positions, of the Babylonian Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa (1600 BC). In the Old Babylonian period, the planet Venus was known as Ninsi'anna, and later as Dilbat. [199] The name "Ninsi'anna" translates to "divine lady, illumination of heaven", which refers to Venus as the brightest visible "star".
This month’s stargazing agenda brims with planet sightings. We have planet pairings, moon-planet hangouts, and a special treat to end the month: several evenings with all seven of our space ...
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