Soviet's mission to Venus | The Venera Program | Russia Probes Venus

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What is Venera Program? In this video, we talk about the Soviet’s Venera program. The first-time, humanity saw Venus from its surface.

Back in the 1960s, in the height of cold war, the Americans and the Soviets were racing to be the first to explore the Solar System. First satellite to orbit Earth, first human to orbit Earth, first flyby and landing on the Moon, first flyby of Mars, first flyby of Venus, etc.

The Soviets set their sights, on putting a lander down on the surface of Venus. The Venera series of satellites, were launched by the Soviet Union to study Venus, and its environment. Ten probes successfully landed on Venus, and transmitted data from the surface. Thirteen probes successfully transmitted data from the atmosphere of Venus.

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