Venera 7 Venus atmospheric-probe and lander spacecraft
The Venera 7 family was the Soviet Venus atmospheric-probe and lander design whose descent vehicle survived landing on 15 December 1970 and returned the first surface data from another planet.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Venera 7V-70Venera-7 spacecraft
- Family Name
- Venera 7
- Full Name
- Venera 7 Venus atmospheric-probe and lander spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeatmospheric_probelander
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- The Venera 7 family was the Soviet Venus atmospheric-probe and lander design whose descent vehicle survived landing on 15 December 1970 and returned the first surface data from another planet.
- First Flight Year
- 1,970
- Last Flight Year
- 1,970
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/venus/exploration/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 6, 2026 at 18:14:40 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 6, 2026 at 18:14:40 UTC