St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: December 9, 2021

St. Louis MO

10 December, 2021

9:31 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: December 09, 2021 Today in 1978, NASA's Pioneer Venus Multiprobe (PVM) entered the atmosphere of Venus. The PVM contained one large and three small atmospheric probes. The radio signals from all four probes were used to characterize the winds, turbulence and propagation in the atmosphere. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.