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1966
Soviet probe crashes into Venus
Venera 3, a Soviet probe launched from Kazakhstan on November 15,
1965, collides with Venus, the second planet from the sun.
Although Venera 3 failed in its mission to measure the Venusian
atmosphere, it was the first unmanned spacecraft to reach the
surface of another planet. Four years earlier, the U.S. probe
Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to pass close enough to Venus
to take scientific measurements of the planet, discovering
surface temperatures in excess of 800 degrees Fahrenheit on its
surface.
In 1967, Venera 4 succeeded where Venera 3 failed, successfully
ejecting several scientific instruments, including a thermometer,
a barometer, an atmospheric density gauge, and gas analyzers,
into Venus' atmosphere. Then, in 1970, Venera 7 became the first
spacecraft created by humans to soft-land on Venus, successfully
sending back images and data for 23 minutes before succumbing to
the extremely high temperature and atmospheric pressure found on
the planet's surface.
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