Editing First Persistent Venus Aerostat (section)

== Notable figures ==
* '''[[Engineer Yuki Tanaka]]''' — Lead materials scientist; designer of the 14-layer acid-resistant polymer laminate envelope that enabled 17 years of continuous Venusian operations, active c. 2099 CE.
* '''[[Dr. Celia Orvantes]]''' — Chief envelope systems engineer; responsible for the 47-cell buoyancy architecture and passive pressure regulation system, active c. 2100 CE.
* '''[[Commander Pilar Suárez-Ibáñez]]''' — First station commander; led the inaugural crew of six from 2102 CE and managed the 2108 CE exposure incident response.
* '''[[Director Aleksei Vronsky]]''' — Director of the Venus Atmospheric Survey Consortium; secured joint funding from the Luna Transit Authority and coordinated the international partnership that produced the FPVA, active c. 2097 CE.
* [[Marta Deschênes]] — Atmospheric chemist and second-rotation crew member; produced the foundational sulfuric acid aerosol datasets that underpinned later Aphrodite Station design, active 2104 CE.