Model of Pioneer's Venus expedition spacecraft, 1978
- Made:
- 1978 (original) in unknown place
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Pioneer Venus spacecraft (launched 1978) model, scale 1:48
The probe completed its mission to map the surface of Venus, but could not survive the Solar System’s hottest planet and destroyed on October 8, 1992.
Details
- Category:
- Space Technology
- Object Number:
- 1978-143
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), paint and plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
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overall: 85 mm x 130 mm x 55 mm, , .3kg
- type:
- space probe, planetary probe and model
