Creating a geological map to identify the spacecraft landing site on Venus
MOSCOW, January 15 (QNA) – Russia’s Tomsk State University has launched the first Venusian Phoebe region, designed to help identify potential landing spots for spacecraft on future Venus missions. announced the creation of detailed geological maps.
This map is important for choosing a landing site for the spacecraft, which aims to collect soil samples from Venus. This is particularly valuable for Russia’s upcoming Venera-D mission, which aims to study the planet’s surface composition.
The map resulted from a collaboration between scientists at Tomsk State University’s Institute of Geophysics and their counterparts in Canada and the United States. The Phoebe region was chosen because of its distinctive volcanic structure and rock formations.
Professor Ekaterina Antropova of Tomsk State University explained that the new map will help researchers study Venus’ geological features and provide insight into the movement of Venus’s tectonic plates and volcanic activity. (QNA)