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The Venera (Russian: Вене́ра, pronounced [vʲɪˈnʲɛrə], which means "Venus" in Russian) program was the name given to a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus.
Only four spacecraft have ever returned images from Venus’ surface. The world next door doesn’t make it easy, with searing heat and crushing pressure that quickly destroy any lander. In 1975 and 1982, four of the Soviet Union’s Venera probes captured our only images of Venus’ surface.
Aug 26, 2020 · The Venera program: Interplanetary probes from behind the Iron Curtain. While NASA set their sights on the Moon and outer planets, the Soviets spent some 30 years investigating the hellish inner...
Jun 11, 2024 · 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.
Jan 25, 2024 · Follow the evolution of Soviet engineering as they ingeniously adapted their approach, turning the failures of Venera 4 into future triumphs, and celebrate their achievement of landing on Venus...
Mar 25, 2019 · Venera 13, a Soviet spacecraft, was the first lander to transmit color images from the surface of Venus. Although other landers arrived before and after it, pictures from Venera 13 are more...
Sep 12, 2021 · Launched between 1961 and 1983, the Venera (or "Venus" in Russian") missions were focused on studying the second planet from our sun. Of the 28 spacecraft launched, 13 entered the Venusian...
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