Though both reached the surface of Venus in December , Venera 11 and Venera 12 each had color camera failures, resulting in no photos being returned. The microphones on Venera 13 captured the sounds of the Venusian wind, the first recording of any sound on a planet other than Earth. The lander, which operated for minutes on the surface — almost three times longer than planned — also sent back color photos and analyzed a sample of Venus' soil, or regolith.
A twin of the Venera 13 spacecraft, Venera 14 landed on Venus on March 5, , four days after its sibling. It too recorded the sounds of the Venusian wind and sent back images.
An attempt at measuring the compressibility of the surface soil accidentally measured an ejected lens cap instead. Launched five days apart in early June , Venera 15 and Venera 16 were orbiters designed to map the surface of Venus. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space. He previously developed online content for the National Space Society and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, helped establish the space tourism company Space Adventures and currently serves on the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society, the advisory committee for The Mars Generation and leadership board of For All Moonkind.
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Dave's Universe Year of Pluto. Groups Why Join? Astronomy Day. The Complete Star Atlas. While NASA set their sights on the Moon and outer planets, the Soviets spent some 30 years investigating the hellish inner planet Venus. Venera 13, launched by the Soviets in , captured this image of the surface of Venus.
Venera program: The Soviets set their sights on Venus. The surface of Venus comes into focus. Venera 13, seen in the foreground in this composite image, lasted about 2 hours on the surface of Venus before succumbing to extreme temperature and pressure.
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They were only able to send us information for a short time because the extremely high temperature and pressure on the surface of Venus melted and crushed the landers. On December 15, an unmanned Soviet spacecraft, Venera 7, became the first spacecraft to land on another planet.
It measured the temperature of the atmosphere on Venus. In , Venera 8 gathered atmospheric and surface data for 50 minutes after landing. On Oct. It took the first close-up photograph of the planet's surface. Three days later Venera 10 landed on Venus. Venera 10 took photographs of its surface and studied its rocks.
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