Venera 13

Soviet Union1982Venus surfaceProton-KUSSR

AgencySoviet Union

Year1982

TypeVenus surface

RocketProton-K

CountryUSSR

About the Mission

Returned the first color images from the Venusian surface. Survived 127 minutes, a record for Venus landers. Showed flat basalt rocks under an orange sky. The pressure is equivalent to being 900 meters underwater. Soviet engineers achieved something remarkable with 1970s technology.

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