Roscosmos commented on the US refusal to cooperate with Russia on the launch of an automatic probe to Venus: the state corporation reported that this US decision did not affect the mission in any way.
«The US refusal to cooperate did not affect the objectives of the "Venera-D" mission in any way in terms of remote and contact studies of the atmosphere, surface, internal structure, and surrounding plasma of Venus at a modern scientific and technological level, as well as studying the possibility of returning samples of Venusian soil, atmosphere, and aerosols to Earth,» Roscosmos said.
The Russian space agency added that the "Venera-D" mission will be a continuation of research carried out in Soviet times: they will be carried out at a new technical level. «Over the years, a large amount of data has been accumulated regarding the structure and composition of the atmosphere, cloud layer, wind speeds, and soil composition on the planet's surface. However, many questions related to the dynamics of the atmosphere, the problems of superrotation, the giant greenhouse effect, the evolution of Venus, etc., remain unresolved,» Roscosmos added.
As a reminder, the launch of "Venera-D" will take place after 2030, and the preliminary design of the "Venera-D" probe will begin in 2024.
