Venera

Space programme of the Soviet Union

Venera is the Russian name for the planet Venus. It is also the name of the USSR program for sending spacecraft to the planet Venus. A Venera 3 spacecraft was the first manmade object to land on another planet in our solar system. Venera 3 crash landed on Venus on 1 March 1966.[1] Venera 7 also landed on Venus. It landed in 1970. It was the first spacecraft to send information back to Earth after landing on another planet.[2]

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  1. "Venera 3". NASA. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  2. "Venera 7". NASA. Retrieved July 21, 2020.