DEARMOON PROJECT
Target: Moon
State: Planned
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Mission
Kind: Venus flyby
State: Launch failure
Place: Venus
Operator: OKB-1
Date
Start:
Duration: Launch failure
Mission Ending
"Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending." - Jim Henson
Rocket
Rocket: Molniya 8K78
Kind: OKB-1
Manufacturer: OKB-1
Mass: 6,510 kilograms (14,350 lb)
Launch Site: Baikonur 31/6
Flyby
"Requesting permission for flyby." Maverick - Top Gun
Orbit
Reference System: Geocentric
Lander
"The journey, not the arrival, matters; the voyage, not the landing." - Paul Theroux
Kosmos 96 (Russian: Космос 96 meaning Cosmos 96), or 3MV-4 No.6, was a Soviet spacecraft intended to explore Venus. A 3MV-4 spacecraft launched as part of the Venera programme, Kosmos 96 was to have made a flyby of Venus, however, due to a launch failure, it did not depart low Earth orbit.
