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A forgotten mission: NASA once planned to send astronauts to Venus - The Hill

Published by The Hill By Mark R. Whittington, opinion contributor · 9 August 2026 at 17:00
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A forgotten mission: NASA once planned to send astronauts to Venus - The Hill
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One of the concepts, a Venus flyby mission, would have been a bold undertaking indeed.

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