Venera 7 (Russian: Венера-7, lit. 'Venus 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 soft land on another planet and the first to transmit data from there back to Earth .

May 1, 2015 · Venera 7 was launched on 17 August 1970 at 05:38:22 UT into an Earth parking orbit and then from a Tyazheliy Sputnik towards Venus. Two mid-course corrections were made, on 2 October and 17 November. The lander probe was allowed to cool to -8 degrees C before atmospheric entry.

Aug 17, 2015 · Venera 7 was one in a series of Soviet missions to Venus to explore the surface of the hot, hellish and cloud-covered world. The spacecraft consisted of a spherical landing probe and a...

The Venera 7 probe, launched in August 1970, was the first one designed to survive Venus's surface conditions and to make a soft landing.

Venera 7 was launched from an earth parking orbit towards Venus to study the Venusian atmosphere and other phenomena of the planet. Venera 7 entered the atmosphere of Venus on December 15, 1970, and a landing capsule was jettisoned.

Aug 17, 2023 · Far from the graceful "rocket ship" of science fiction or the gangly tinfoil contraptions that Americans sent to the Moon and later Mars, Venera 7 was basically a one-ton ball of reinforced titanium with a couple of parachutes, an antenna and some sensing instruments.

Jan 14, 2023 · Venera 7 (V-70 #1) Venera 7 Capsule (V-70 #1) Nation: USSR: Type / Application: Venus lander: Operator: Contractors: Equipment: Configuration: Propulsion: KDU-414 (S5.19) Power: 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries: Lifetime: Mass: Orbit: Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks; Venera 7 (V-70 #1) 1970-060A:

Dec 7, 2021 · The Venera 7 (Russian: Венера-7 meaning Venus 7) (manufacturer’s designation: 3V (V-70)) was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the Venusian surface, it became the first spacecraft to land on another planet and first to transmit data from there back to Earth.

Dec 15, 2020 · What was on display was an engineering model of Venera 7 which made the first landing on the surface of another planet on December 15, 1970 (almost 20 years before this exhibit).

Mar 6, 2019 · The VENERA 7 lander was the hardiest of the Soviet Venus probes yet built. Its creators wanted the vessel to land on the planet's surface in working order.