The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is ready to discuss with Russia further plans for the joint exploration of Venus. This was announced by a representative of the US space agency.
“We had an excellent exchange of views on defining joint goals for Venus-D, and we welcome future opportunities for our experts to continue discussing plans for Venus,” RIA Novosti quoted a NASA representative as saying.
Over the past few years, the US space agency has worked to identify areas of mutual interest in planetary research, including Venus, she said.
The NASA spokesman also said that the department is “extremely excited to enter a new era of planetary exploration”, after the announcements made last Wednesday, June 2, at the end of the decade, two new missions to Venus.
We will remind, earlier the head of the agency Bill Nelson said that after a 30-year break, the management will return to the study of Venus, announcing the launch of two missions to this planet, which will study the atmosphere and the history of the formation of a celestial object.
