Venera 7

Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the Venusian surface on 15 December 1970, it became the first spacecraft to execute a successful soft landing on another planet and the first to transmit data from there back to Earth.

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1970 Venera 7

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loss of signal

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rocket launch

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soft landing

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Frameless

Reproduction of the Venera 7 lander

1970 Events montage 16-grid version

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Reproduction of the Venera 7 lander		Commons
commons	image		1970 Events montage 16-grid version		Commons