In the early days of space exploration, the Soviet Union launched the Venera Program, one of the most ambitious efforts ever undertaken to explore another planet. From 1961 to 1985, the USSR sent over ...

Kosmos 482 was originally intended to be known as Venera 9. It was launched on March 31, 1972, just four days after its sister probe, Venera 8. That ship had a brief but glorious life.

The Venera program (Russian for “Venus”) ran from 1961 to 1983 and included a number of flyby spacecraft, orbiters, and landers. Four of those landers—Venera 9, 10, 13, and 14—returned ...

He recalled that Russian scientist Leonid Ksanfomaliti, who died in 2019, analyzed photos received from Russian Venus landers Venera-9, Venera-10, Venera-13, and Venera-14 to see movement of some ...

A replica of the descent capsule of the Soviet Venera-9 mission, a precursor to Kosmos 482, depicting the first soft landing on planet Venus. Novosti/AP Photo ...

Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969. This is a still from the film 'The Storming of Venus' released on May 17, 1969. Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969.