Venera 7
Venera 7 was the Soviet Union's Lavochkin-built 3V no. 630 Venus probe. Its pressure-hardened descent capsule became the first spacecraft to make a successful soft landing on another planet and transmit data from the surface, directly measuring the extreme temperature and pressure at Venus.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Venera-7Venus 73V No. 6301970-060A
- Name
- Venera 7
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Venera 7 was the Soviet Union's Lavochkin-built 3V no. 630 Venus probe. Its pressure-hardened descent capsule became the first spacecraft to make a successful soft landing on another planet and transmit data from the surface, directly measuring the extreme temperature and pressure at Venus.
- End Date
- 1970-12-15
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful. Venera 7 reached Venus after a 120-day flight, entered the atmosphere on December 15, 1970, and touched down near 5 degrees south, 351 degrees east. Although the capsule likely tipped onto its side after a harder-than-planned descent, it returned surface data for 22 minutes 58 seconds. The measurements indicated approximately 475 plus or minus 20 degrees Celsius and 90 plus or minus 15 atmospheres, and constituted the first transmission from the surface of another planet.
- Program
- Venera
- Start Date
- 1970-08-17
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- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_7
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- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 15:52:15 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 17, 2026 at 03:48:58 UTC
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