Venera 7 was a Soviet space probe that became the first spacecraft to land on another planet and transmit data from its surface. It was launched toward Venus in 1970 and entered the atmosphere in December. Its parachute partly failed during descent, and it hit the surface at high speed, but it survived and sent a weak signal for about twenty minutes. The probe recorded a surface temperature of around 470 degrees Celsius, and a pressure about ninety times that of Earth's atmosphere, much higher than scientists had expected. Later Venera landers took pictures of the surface.
Before and after
- 22 May 1970Avivim school bus massacre
- 21 June 1970Death of Sukarno
- 30 July 1970Birth of Christopher Nolan
- 12 August 1970Founding of Paris Saint-Germain FC
- 17 August 1970Launch of Venera 7
- from 6 September 1970 to 17 July 1971Black September
- 12 September 1970Launch of Luna 16
- 18 September 1970Death of Jimi Hendrix
- 28 September 1970Death of Gamal Abdel Nasser
More in Universe & space
- 22 June 1978Discovery of Charon
- 20 January 1986Discovery of Ophelia
- 19 February 1986Launch of Mir
- 1998Supernovae show that cosmic expansion is accelerating
- 20 November 1998Launch of International Space Station
- 10 April 2019The first image of a black hole
The era
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