This hemispheric view of Venus, as revealed by more than a decade of radar investigations culminating in the 1990-1994 Magellan mission, is centred on the North Pole. Nasa's Magellan spacecraft took pictures of more than 98 per cent of Venus. All photos: Nasa

Venus and asteroid belt mission ‘a new and critical phase’ of UAE space programme




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