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- In the early days of space exploration, the Soviet Union set its sights on Earth's mysterious sister planet, Venus. Through the groundbreaking Venera program, the Soviets became the first nation to successfully land spacecraft on another planet, providing unprecedented glimpses into the harsh and unforgiving Venusian environment.
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The Venera (Russian: Вене́ра, pronounced [vʲɪˈnʲɛrə] 'Venus') program was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus. Thirteen probes successfully entered the Venusian atmosphere, including the two Vega program and Venera-Halley probes.
Aug 26, 2020 · Venera program: The Soviets set their sights on Venus. This composite image of Venus was created by combining data from two NASA missions with data from the Soviets’ Venera spacecraft. In the ...
May 19, 2024 · Through the groundbreaking Venera program, the Soviets became the first nation to successfully land spacecraft on another planet, providing unprecedented glimpses into the harsh and unforgiving Venusian environment. This article explores the history, achievements, and scientific legacy of the Soviet Union’s pioneering Venera missions.
- Earth and Venus: Sister Worlds
- What Was Venera-8?
- A Race For Survival — and Data
Many people think of Mars as Earth’s sibling at a lofty distance of 34 million miles from Earth. But at the nearest point in its orbit to Earth, Venus is far closer to our planet, at 25 million miles. Earth and Venus are also about the same size, and have similar masses, whereas the Red Planet is about half the size of Earth. It seems that early in...
Venera-8 was launched on March 27, 1972, with the intention to take measurements of the atmosphere and surface of Venus. It took 118 days to reach the planet. The part of Venera-8 that was engineered to make the descent through the atmosphere to the surface was equipped with a refrigeration system to keep the equipment operating as long as possible...
Venera-8 survived for less than an hour on the burning surface of Venus. During the 50 minutes and 11 seconds that Venera-8 transmitted data after landing, it also measured the concentrations of three radioactive elements in Venus’ surface material: thorium, potassium, and uranium. On Earth, these are trace elements, meaning they are found in low q...
Sep 12, 2021 · On Dec. 15, 1970, the Soviet Union's Venera 7 probe became the first spacecraft to soft land on another planet and the first to send back data from the surface.
Mar 25, 2019 · After 127 minutes on the surface, Venera 13 succumbed to Venus' harsh environment. The Soviet Union sent three more Venera spacecraft to Venus.
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Venera, any of a series of unmanned Soviet planetary probes that were sent to Venus. Radio contact was lost with the first probe, Venera 1 (launched Feb. 12, 1961), before it flew by Venus. Venera 2 (launched Nov. 12, 1965) ceased operation before it flew to within 24,000 km (15,000 miles) of Venus.
