Venera 4
Venera 4 was the Soviet Union’s Venus atmospheric probe, launched on 1967-06-12. It became the first spacecraft to successfully enter another planet’s atmosphere and returned in-situ measurements of Venus’s dense atmosphere during its descent.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Venera 4Venera-44V-1 No. 310Venera 4 (1967)
- Name
- Venera 4
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Venera 4 was the Soviet Union’s Venus atmospheric probe, launched on 1967-06-12. It became the first spacecraft to successfully enter another planet’s atmosphere and returned in-situ measurements of Venus’s dense atmosphere during its descent.
- Destination
- Venusian atmosphere during parachute descent, transmitting from 55 km down to 27 km altitude for in-situ measurements of pressure, temperature, composition, and magnetic environment
- End Date
- 1967-10-18
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Venera 4 achieved the first successful atmospheric entry by a spacecraft on 1967-10-18 and transmitted measurements of Venus’s atmosphere before contact was lost.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1967-06-12
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/deep-space-exploration/
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 07:09:51 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 23, 2026 at 00:33:17 UTC
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