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A pressure sensor triggered soil tests mid‑fall and burned the balloon's clock
A Soviet balloon must inflate over Venus before a 200‑second clock runs out, but a pressure sensor delays it-did they make it in time?
A pressure sensor triggered soil tests mid‑fall and burned the balloon's clock
In this episode, we follow the Vega One mission’s descent to Venus and the five critical minutes that decided whether a balloon would float or fail. The episode traces the timed inflation sequence, the unexpected activation of soil instruments, and the real-time limits that left controllers blind - what happened during those two hundred seconds?
Mission: Vega One
Date: 11-13 June…
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