Model of Pioneer's Venus expedition spacecraft, 1978
- Made:
- 1978 (original) in Unknown place
- maker:
- Unknown
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.
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Details
- Category:
- Space Technology
- Object Number:
- 1978-143
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), paint, plastic (unidentified)
- type:
- space probe
- taxonomy:
-
- visual works
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