... In 1986 IKI was awarded with the Order of Lenin for significant contribution to science and technology development, after successful implementation of VEGA mission to study Venus and comet Halley. ...
... Pioneer Venus " and most recently " Magellan ", which mapped it by radar; two French balloons were successfully deployed by the Russian "Galley" ("Halley"--no H in Russian) on its way to meet comet Halley, and sent back data about the Venusian atmosphere ...
... 1996 Avanesov headed the international cooperation developing TV systems which were successfully used for unique studies of the Halley comet (Vega mission) and the Martian moon Phobos (Phobos mission) as well as a platform for detailed Mars studies (Mars ...
... The deapartment headed by Ziman prepared and conducted large scientific projects on TV-studies of the Halley's comet and the Martian moon Phobos from interplanetary stations. ...
... Equipped with an on-board rocket and an ample supply of fuel, ISEE-3 was later moved to the Earth's distant tail and still later was sent to intercept Comet Giacobini-Zinner. ...
... A spacecraft approaching a stationary object --like a comet approaching the Sun--increases its speed as it approaches, but after it passes (assuming there has been no collision) it loses again all it had gained. ...
... Still other waves originate as newly created ions scatter and thermalize both in the extended coronas surrounding comets and in the exospheres of unmagnetized planets. ...