Venera Timeline: The Soviet Union’s Venus Goals in Photos

Learn everything about the Venera missions, which were introduced between 1961 and 1983.

Of the 30 space missions to efficiently zip or orbit Venus to date, more than one-third belonged to the previous Soviet Union’s Venera collection of robot probes.

Released between 1961 and 1983, the Venera (or “Venus” in Russian”) goals were concentrated on researching the 2nd planet from our sun. Of the 28 spacecraft introduced, 13 entered the Venusian environment, and eight touched down on the surface.

The Soviet program set numerous firsts, including the initial probe to come down right into the environment of a planet besides planet; the first spacecraft to make a soft touchdown on one more world, and the very first missions to return photos as well as appears from the surface of another world.

Roscosmos, Russia’s federal space firm, is currently creating the first new Venera mission because of the loss of the Soviet Union. Venera-D, targeted for launch in 2029, would include an orbiter and a lander and function as a version for future goals to Venus.

Click via the slide show to learn all about the Venera probes as well as their discoveries.

Originally published on Space.com. Read the original article.