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There have been 46 space missions to the planet Venus (including gravity-assist flybys). Missions to Venus constitute part of the exploration of Venus. The Soviet Union, followed by the United States, have soft landed probes on the surface. Venera 7 was the first lander overall and first for the Soviet Union, touching down on 15 December 1970.
Mission Timeline. 1960 Mars 1960A - 10 October 1960 - Attempted Mars Flyby (Launch Failure) Mars 1960B - 14 October 1960 - Attempted Mars Flyby (Launch Failure) 1961 1962 Sputnik 22 - 24 October 1962 - Attempted Mars Flyby Mars 1 - 1 November 1962 - Mars Flyby (Contact Lost) Sputnik 24 - 4 November 1962 - Attempted Mars Lander 1963 1964 Mariner ...
Feb 11, 2021 · The Mars flyby module and lander arrived on March 3, 1974 but the lander missed the planet. Viking 1: U.S., launched Aug. 20, 1975. The Mars orbiter operated from June 1976 to 1980 and the lander ...
Aug 5, 2012 · It was, in fact, the first successful landing of a stationary soft-lander on Mars since Viking 2 landed 32 years earlier. Phoenix was designed with 12 on/off pulsed thrusters mounted around its bottom edge, to slow descent during the final 30 seconds before the legs touched the Martian surface.
Dec 15, 2020 · The culmination of over a decade’s worth of work by Soviet engineers and scientists, this historic landing was the beginning of a decade and a half of increasingly ambitious (and largely successful) missions to study our sister planet, Venus. A model of the Venera 7 descent capsule which landed on Venus in December 1970. (A.J. LePage)
Two days later, the lander touched down and became the first spacecraft to transmit a picture from the surface of another planet. It landed within a 150-kilometer (93-mile) radius of 31.01° N, 291.64° E. In addition, the lander sent back information on the Venusian clouds, atmospheric composition, and light levels.
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Sep 18, 2020 · Venera 7 — first successful Venus landing (1970) Venera 7 launched 45 years ago on Aug. 17, 1970 and ultimately became the first spacecraft ever to send data from the surface of Venus.
