Vega 1

Vega 1 was a Soviet space probe, part of the Vega program. The spacecraft was a development of the earlier Venera craft. They were designed by Babakin Space Centre and constructed as 5VK by Lavochkin at Khimki. The name VeGa (ВеГа) combines the first two letters from the Russian words for Venus and Halley.

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Vega 1

• The organic component in dust from comet Halley as measured by the PUMA mass spectrometer on board Vega 1 - scientific article published in Nature, Q1860, 1987
• Infrared sounding of comet Halley from Vega 1 - scientific article published in Nature, Q1860, 1986

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
incident	incident		[[1]]		Wikidata
commons	image		Vega 1		Commons