Kosmos 21
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Kosmos 21 was a Soviet spacecraft. This mission has been tentatively identified by NASA as a technology test of the Venera series space probes. It may have been an attempted Venus impact, presumably similar to the later Kosmos 27 mission, or it may have been intended from the beginning to remain in geocentric orbit. In any case, the spacecraft never left Earth orbit after insertion by the Molniya launcher. The orbit decayed on 14 November 1963, three days after launch.
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Mars-Venera station liquid-based engine (2004)
Position of Venera landing sites superimposed on combined Magellan/Pioneer/Venera topography data
VenusTopoVenera| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| incident | incident | [[1]] | Wikidata | ||
| commons | image | Kosmonavtica 001 RU | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Mars-Venera station liquid-based engine (2004) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Position of Venera landing sites superimposed on combined Magellan/Pioneer/Venera topography data | Commons | ||
| commons | image | VenusTopoVenera | Commons | ||
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