VEVA discovery mission to Venus: Exploration of volcanoes and atmosphere

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 52, Issue 2-6, 2003, Pages 151-158

  Klaasen, Kenneth P ^a   Greeley, Ronald ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLANETS; VOLCANOES;

BALLOON-GONDOLA SYSTEM;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0037238148     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00151-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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