Soviet spacecraft built to land on Venus in 1972 spent 53 years orbiting Earth and finally returned witho
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- In 1982 a Soviet Probe Landed on Venus and Recorded the First Sounds Ever Heard From Another Planet, Before the Heat Cooked It to Death 19FortyFive · 58d ago
- In 1970, the Soviet Venera 7 probe survived 23 minutes on the surface of Venus before the 475-degree heat and 90-atmosphere pressure crushed it, but in those minutes it became the first human-made object to transmit data from another planet, and engineer Space Daily · 58d ago
- Soviet spacecraft built to land on Venus in 1972 spent 53 years orbiting Earth and finally returned witho The Times of India · 58d ago broke it first
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