# The Soviet Union launched nearly 30 spacecraft at Venus and became the only nation ever to land on its surface and send back pictures — color photographs of a scorched volcanic plain under a yellow-green sky, shot in the few dozen minutes before the heat

> **Newsylist Open Intelligence Dossier** · First detected: 2026-06-25 08:47 UTC · Category: Science · Sources: 4 · Current Velocity: 3.5

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| Source Outlet | Headline | Published (UTC) | Verification URL |
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| 19FortyFive | A Soviet spacecraft built in 1972 to land on Venus finally made its landing 53 years later, on 10 May 2025 — except it came down on Earth, carried through a fiery reentry intact by the same titanium shell its engineers had built to survive the hottest pla | 2026-06-24 17:30 | [Source Link](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiyAJBVV95cUxNb1hpMlFqV3RheV9PdFJtbGY1dmdlclNfaEpaU2dTVWJuZEp5RFVmX3UxSkJFTmFwQTdRYjZGcU9TSFFZSEo2Si1jUVh5Yl8ta0Y0ejl0V2J5Wnh3WnoxMElUTUhBMmtTdDNsRnFYcmFDSUpVTnUtTnI3NDY0NDUtYVRyRXJRSUxkSUVNZUc5NzZGZm5JR2c5YmNuQWUtd2tpUWJqSk5GUjBaNWpQNmlaamZzM3pINzRCVVIycUkyUkJEVUx5Nkh4OXc0ZkZSWm12d0thZE9BR1I4anVhRGhWazlmZXJ0TGdrdWZnLTQwQ1RsRDhJSHFUVU14cmQyeUdBQXhSZTVzMEhfUExaRWtlRFNZb2ZTX0phdWQ0YmdwWmR2MXhBX1RmendUbEhwVmlRTlM4OHR1WnNTZW9rNWxRbloxbklTVGNs?oc=5) |
| 19FortyFive | "Venus is a Russian planet," the head of Russia's space agency declared in 2020 — a line the West laughed off, except the Soviet Union really did get there first, landed first, and shot the only photographs ever taken from the Venusian surface, a record n | 2026-06-24 17:30 | [Source Link](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivgJBVV95cUxQaGVtd3VvZkNhUDRRT05tLVBnZk1JdHVCVGdIeHBWaWhyTUNObURVdUZITy01dUFWQml2c1JFeGhmVVYwMzRNTnVMR0dVbHBOOXl3dmplRzRnS3k5eVl3cE93ZENuNVJDQ0xaaFlSTzU0ZE10NWF3MndDRnVkejlrZnI2ZHgyTHVlYk1WT2ptdjhvZUdWNXBPZy04NUl2ZTFzNU43Y0tQa1QzazNFSEhwS1R3QWkzRVo1U21WcVV6V0VGNjVLYVBGZk1DNjNJbGtjOFpWd1AydS02eEo5MEVUZEtlcGVURVlqNjBJcHJQN0xwSU5qekhKcURTVjNySnA4RnZSYWkxcEtwQlEwYnJuVkd1Q2pLc2NuSVhidldtUVFoLVY1c0RkekloNTltYi1jWGhXWWxrZHFhN1JOZGc?oc=5) |
| UA.NEWS | The Soviet spacecraft landed on Venus and measured its own cover instead of the planet's surface | 2026-06-24 17:30 | [Source Link](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPR3R2TF94YUtxelk5SE9QSzlBa2tCVm1Pdmsxd2RfQXdrQ2ZVMVpmNmVFTmhRbndPZU04Nl91WGpuU3ZaRzB0aHkteHg2Sm10UHlqR0UzOElla0c5VnRkTkZNSFJ2TEtQQlRsRmhEME9TMi1RTjhfb2tlZ1R4UkpycklwelF2SHVjQWh6Vm1iWmFTUUxpV3VSY3NVdUNyWWdTRzNyTGh4OGhhOEI5X1RCT1VpdlA?oc=5) |
| 19FortyFive | Everyone is fixated on Mars, but 30 miles above the hellish surface of Venus there is a layer of sky where the pressure matches Earth's and the temperature sits at room temperature — and NASA has a real concept to float crewed airships there, a mission th | 2026-06-24 17:30 | [Source Link](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixwJBVV95cUxOanp3YWsyOWpNVGVtVjZLLTUwYVN1cTRRNGVnREJGTkpsSmtLZDdoUWV1czNva1RIZ1BfdWx3Z1B5cmQ0Q3Q5dE4yWDBqalF3QnV2Mzc5VEhlLWlpblQ4ZnhuVHBKVHVOZTB6MDFuQTNEcVdWSFN3dm1NZEZyUTlpODJXendEOUdtLTZrdDRaNkFCSEZxeXBwLW5qWHhibUZtbVRZTTZwemt2bXhkWS1IV3ZPVXZjLUdZeEwzUnMwby1DTnBvQjNJZ0tMWmNiTGlQMWlEamJlNXNwREVwTnNZalFKbC1YN2ZweG5qcnZKLURvcFJHUlVCV3JXSG9DOHJGbFhCRF9xUHY3RHdzcUZZTWR2WnZLZlZ2Z3lxdmI1eGsxQ2JweGRDd1p0MmhWZE1UWkVJYVozOEliQjJLWjF1Y2N6bS0yMXM?oc=5) |
| Space Daily | When the Soviet Venera 13 probe touched down on Venus in March 1982, it survived for 127 minutes in a 465-degree atmosphere that crushed it with the pressure of nearly a kilometre of ocean water, and in that time it scraped a soil sample, analysed it, and | 2026-06-24 17:30 | [Source Link](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixwJBVV95cUxNd1dsOG1JdjlMemdjLUFlRGNpRV84X1BoSnZPSktXVWVZUU5WZUtCR25xY2RWbk1JSnpjcEtFcWhHb1JQSjZXQmt5aHh3VXVpNW04QzB6NVd6Tk5MUEo0b3BWUW9fMjRiTjBOc0tmclJkc1N5UkJfTGdUTS1GektDVEQ0cWEwV1kyTjZtdXpQaEtjRGNydjdZaXpaSXM2cHhqLW84Tl9ma1dQQjlMbDMteEpHTkFxMUhqYjQ4SEJPd2h2OXBWeXg2NkZvSmFLNFdveC1qbHRIZDBUWU5XMHl1Rm5QeFhEdThUOXhfb2N1YTE3SjVhN1RUZFdsaDh4Sm9iUkppV0FOZ0tFY0R1Tm95NU41R3l1WlFDM0NYd1NyWDFLWFpSLUZoaTNnTnBvcXE5RHlJRU1lYjBnYzVLSzlkTVF2VHRtQm8?oc=5) |
| The Times of India | Soviet spacecraft built to land on Venus in 1972 spent 53 years orbiting Earth and finally returned without burning up | 2026-06-24 17:30 | [Source Link](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilwJBVV95cUxNa0pOLVIzbzVGbnA5SmNvZ005NmRnbE91dFNCck1BQXJsWlM1WEFpalFncnVJaVNrUHZJSElhcDVjVG41TS1JbG0ycjVOU2QwazRIUVFTa250dlVEdU1ORVZhMnFubm5nSzQwUXZKZWpLYjZkMlI3R1ZKMmg1bXBYNjVSQWYteVJ0NGJrRUpndFUzdXZOM3ZjN2lOVmlwaXVidWd4bExBU2pKUy1oa2p6dmZTQk1JNy1TT3pXQ2hVTmQ4c3JKQUZZamxpcklrbEFmczdXUlpJYjVUaHRsUmNKVkJqc2lzOVh2TzdFUkVMaEhKZ2poT2R4ZHZ3UEFqZlNTVzdWZWROZnBIbU1MUXpQeUNwUmR0LXM?oc=5) |
| 19FortyFive | The Soviet Union launched nearly 30 spacecraft at Venus and became the only nation ever to land on its surface and send back pictures — color photographs of a scorched volcanic plain under a yellow-green sky, shot in the few dozen minutes before the heat | 2026-06-24 17:30 | [Source Link](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiywJBVV95cUxNenNzUUlodXctbW9QbjN0blVfVDlIU3VtSDg3dC03SXc2MnFwYzZvTWFlcExpSXdnMnRIZDhncXRmNEhyNm9vSW5lT1NpSW5ERjd2Qlh3c3hTdDFLbHlwSnB0c2o5dzdzSGtMUVpmSk1iSVQyNFpCYnlDWjhWM0VOR0tocS11a3o0LVU0QTg3R1Rqc0pCNUlhSTd2aTNheE5XV1ZMcWlKLU9uSHFSSHBOZmF6bHFJRnctWUpxZHVXeC1mcGdTWFVfUTM3LTg5RjhZSFk4UUZpZm5Vazl6UDhjME80dHVVRFROOTZpamtkNGtaQmI1WEtXaXFEc3VoOUg5SzllcGhFbGk4MmI5bjZadmF5Y0VRSW0zdmE3anZxTEl6bG1DS0tWMTIwY25iOUVmM1MyUnZCNGpzanVFbVR1RHNjcW8xVTNRa3pz?oc=5) |

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