Venera missions

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Soviet space program project planetary exploration program space probe program

The Venera missions were a series of Soviet space probes that achieved the first successful landings and transmissions from the surface of Venus, providing groundbreaking data on its atmosphere and geology.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Venera program 3
Soviet planetary exploration program 1
Venera interplanetary probes 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet space program project ⓘ
planetary exploration program ⓘ
space probe program ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Venera missions ⓘ
surface form: Venera program
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
discovered extremely high surface temperature on Venus ⓘ
predominantly carbon dioxide atmosphere on Venus ⓘ
presence of sulfuric acid clouds on Venus ⓘ
very high surface pressure on Venus ⓘ
endDate 1984 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Russian ⓘ
launchVehicleUsed Molniya-M rocket ⓘ
surface form: Molniya rocket

Proton rocket ⓘ
legacy foundation for later Venus missions by other space agencies ⓘ
notableAchievement first data transmitted from surface of Venus ⓘ
first direct measurements of Venusian atmosphere ⓘ
first images from surface of Venus ⓘ
first successful landing on Venus ⓘ
operatedBy Lavochkin design bureau ⓘ
surface form: Lavochkin Design Bureau

Soviet Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Soviet space program ⓘ
primaryObjective obtain images of Venusian surface ⓘ
perform in‑situ measurements on Venus ⓘ
study atmosphere of Venus ⓘ
study surface of Venus ⓘ
providedDataOn Venusian atmospheric composition ⓘ
Venusian cloud structure ⓘ
Venusian surface geology ⓘ
Venusian surface illumination ⓘ
Venusian wind patterns ⓘ
scientificInstrument atmospheric pressure sensors ⓘ
cameras ⓘ
gamma‑ray spectrometers ⓘ
gas analyzers ⓘ
seismometers ⓘ
thermometers ⓘ
spacecraftSeries Vega 1 ⓘ
Vega 2 ⓘ
Venera 1 ⓘ
Venera 10 ⓘ
Venera 11 ⓘ
Venera 12 ⓘ
Venera 13 ⓘ
Venera 14 ⓘ
Venera 15 ⓘ
Venera 16 ⓘ
Venera 2 ⓘ
Venera 3 ⓘ
Venera 4 ⓘ
Venera 5 ⓘ
Venera 6 ⓘ
Venera 7 ⓘ
Venera 8 ⓘ
Venera 9 ⓘ
startDate 1961 ⓘ
target Venus ⓘ

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Subject: Venera missions
Description of subject: The Venera missions were a series of Soviet space probes that achieved the first successful landings and transmissions from the surface of Venus, providing groundbreaking data on its atmosphere and geology.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Venus → exploredBy → Venera missions ⓘ
Venera missions → alsoKnownAs → Venera missions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venera program
Molniya-M rocket → notablePayload → Venera missions ⓘ
subject surface form: Molniya-M
this entity surface form: Venera interplanetary probes
Venera 7 → program → Venera missions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venera program
Venera 9 → program → Venera missions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venera program
Lavochkin design bureau → developed → Venera missions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venera series Venus probes
Lavochkin design bureau → roleIn → Venera missions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet planetary exploration program