Venera 1 Venus flyby spacecraft
Venera 1 was the Soviet Union’s first attempt to send a spacecraft to Venus, launched in 1961; it was designed as a Venus flyby probe but lost contact before the encounter.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Venera 1Venera-1V-61
- Family Name
- Venera 1
- Full Name
- Venera 1 Venus flyby spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeflyby
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Venera 1 was the Soviet Union’s first attempt to send a spacecraft to Venus, launched in 1961; it was designed as a Venus flyby probe but lost contact before the encounter.
- First Flight Year
- 1,961
- Last Flight Year
- 1,961
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/deep-space-exploration/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 14:22:25 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 14:22:25 UTC