Planetary science

Venera 7

Completed

Image: Emerezhko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Launched: 17 Aug 197005:38:22 UTC
Last contact: 15 Dec 1970
Duration: 3 months 28 days
Destinations: Venus

A Soviet probe that became the first spacecraft to land on another planet and transmit data from its surface. It returned 23 minutes of signal from the surface of Venus.

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Spacecraft

Venera 7

Lander

Completed

Cruise stage carrying a descent capsule built to withstand the pressure and heat at the surface of Venus.

Launch mass: 1,180 kg
Size: 2.5 m × 1.2 m
Built by: Lavochkin
Last contact: 15 Dec 1970
Designator: 1970-060A

Mission details from nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.