On June 12, 1967, Venera 4 was launched into space on a mission to Venus, thus becoming the first spacecraft to transmit data from another planet's atmosphere. Space History Archives👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/-v06kg This was a Russian probe designed to study the atmosphere of Venus down to the surface. At first, scientists believed that the probe had transmitted until contact with the surface of Venus. But transmissions had ended at an altitude of 16 miles (or 27 kilometers), when the ext

On Dec. 24, 1978, Venera 11 landed on Venus. Discover more space history 👉https://trib.al/tNsD6Bf Venera 11 was a robotic mission launched by the Soviet Union to explore Venus along with its sister spacecraft Venera 12. Venera 11 launched in September of 1978 just five days before Venera 12. Three and a half months later, the spacecraft arrived at Venus and dropped off the lander. The descent took about an hour, and Venera 11 made a soft landing on the surface at about 10:30 p.m. EST. The Vener

The Soviet Venera landers transmitted images and measurements from Venus before being destroyed by extreme heat and pressure. Using that data, scientists recreated the environment on the surface, where temperatures can melt lead, pressure crushes spacecraft, and the sky glows orange beneath thick clouds. | SpaceEve

On March 5, 1982, the Soviet Union's Venera 14 spacecraft landed on Venus! Discover more space history 👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/GWXr7R Venera 14 launched just five days after its identical twin, Venera 13. Both space probes spent four months traveling to Venus, and Venera 13 arrived a few days earlier. Venera 14 parachuted down to the surface of Venus and collected data on the atmosphere the whole way down. It landed about 600 miles away from Venera 13 and started beaming back images fr