Venera program
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The Venera program was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus. A total of eighteen probes were sent, including two re
Full-scale model of the Venera 1 in the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
Model of Venera 7 lander in the Cosmos Pavilion, VDNKh
KTDU-425A liquid-propellant engine used on Venera spacecraft from 9 to 16
Artist's impression of Venera 10 lander on Venus's surface
Venera 7
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Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the Venusian surface on 15 December 1970, it became the first spacecraft to execute a successful soft
Venera program
…the first man-made devices to enter the atmosphere of another planet (Venera 3 on 1 March 1966), the first to make a soft landing on another planet (Venera 7 on 15 December 1970), the first to return images from another planet's surface (Venera 9 on 8 June 1975), the first to record sounds on another planet…
Reproduction of the Venera 7 lander at the Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov Museum of Cosmonautics
Seal of Venera 7 Venera program← Venera 6Kosmos 359 →
MESSENGER Venus 630 nm stretch