As well as Rogozin's claims that Venus is 'Russian', Rocosmos revealed earlier this week that it plans to do its own mission to the planet which will be conducted 'without involving wide international cooperation'
Daily Mail: Venus is a Russian planet, Roscosmos chief declares after study suggests there is life on the planet
* Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said Venus is a Russian planet during speech
* Stated Russiawas the 'first and only one' country to land on the planet Venus
* Added that previous spacecraft information found 'it is like hell over there'
* Russia now plans to conduct its own independent research into life possibility
Roscosmos chief declared Venus is a Russian planet after a study suggested there is life on the planet.
During a speech at the 2020 HeliRussia exhibition, the head of Russia's state space agency Dmitry Rogozin claimed the country was the 'first and only one' to land on the planet, The Moscow Times reports.
His statement comes after experts from the UK said they had found signs of phosphine in Venus' atmosphere — suggesting the planet must support unknown chemical processes, or even life.
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Update #1: Venus Is a ‘Russian Planet,’ Roscosmos Chief Says (Moscow Times)
Update #2: Russia's space agency chief declares Venus a "Russian planet" (CBS News)
WNU Editor: Dmitry Rogozin is a reader of this blog when it first started. I learned very quickly that he loves to troll the media.This is an example of it.
