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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.The 3MV-4 No.6 spacecraft was originally built for a mission to Mars with launch scheduled for late 1964.