May 1, 2015 · Mission Profile. 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 …

'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 …

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.

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 …

On August 17, 1970, the Soviet Union launched Venera-7. It would become the first spacecraft to transmit data from another planet.

Venera 7 was the first landing of a spacecraft on another planet, as well as the first to ever send a transmission from another planet. Much the same, Venera 8 was a lander, and reached the …

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 …

Oct 4, 2019 · Venera 7 was constructed as a single spherical shell using titanium and lined with shock-absorbing materials. This, the Soviets hoped, would enable the lander to survive the …

Dec 15, 2020 · On December 12, with Venera 7 some 1.3 million kilometers from Venus, the spacecraft was commanded to charge the lander’s batteries and chill it to -8° C in preparation …

Jan 11, 2024 · In 1970, Venera 7, the Soviet Union’s spacecraft, etched history as the first to land on Venus, uncovering secrets of the enigmatic planet’s atmosphere and surface. Initiating in …