OREANDA-NEWS Russia may send a mission to Venus closer to 2036 and even earlier, promised Gennady Krasnikov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

The statement of the academician is transmitted by RIA Novosti. "Venus is closer to 2036. We will try earlier, but first, the Moon," said the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences. According to him, the program for the development of the Russian space industry has an unprecedented large reserve related to the financing of scientific space. Related materials: "The second space Age has begun"The conquest of the Moon, the station on Venus and the breakthrough of the USA: how will space exploration change in just one year? January 18, 2025 "It will be difficult to catch up with us"How SpaceX sent a mission to Jupiter in 2024 and launched the most powerful rocket in the world December 20, 2024 In August, Krasnikov announced that the Russian automatic interplanetary station Venera-D would be launched to Venus, known as the Russian Planet, in 2035.

In November 2021, Dmitry Rogozin, holding the position of CEO of the Roscosmos state corporation, said that if Russia did not launch a mission to Venus by 2030, it would "fall out" of the top three space powers.