Venera 7
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Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft notable for being the first human-made probe to successfully land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth, achieving this milestone on Venus in 1970.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Venera 7 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2779889 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Venera 7 Context triple: [Soviet space program, launched, Venera 7]
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A.
Luna 9
Luna 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that achieved the first successful soft landing on the Moon and transmitted the first close-up images of the lunar surface in 1966.
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B.
Luna 2
Luna 2 was a Soviet space probe that became the first human-made object to reach the Moon, marking a major milestone in early space exploration.
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C.
Mariner 2
Mariner 2 was a NASA space probe launched in 1962 that became the first successful mission to conduct a close-up flyby and scientific study of Venus.
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D.
Luna 1
Luna 1 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 that became the first human-made object to reach the vicinity of the Moon and enter a heliocentric orbit.
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E.
Mariner 4
Mariner 4 was a NASA spacecraft that performed the first successful flyby of Mars in 1965, returning the first close-up images of another planet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Venera 7 Target entity description: Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft notable for being the first human-made probe to successfully land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth, achieving this milestone on Venus in 1970.
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A.
Luna 9
Luna 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that achieved the first successful soft landing on the Moon and transmitted the first close-up images of the lunar surface in 1966.
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B.
Luna 2
Luna 2 was a Soviet space probe that became the first human-made object to reach the Moon, marking a major milestone in early space exploration.
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C.
Mariner 2
Mariner 2 was a NASA space probe launched in 1962 that became the first successful mission to conduct a close-up flyby and scientific study of Venus.
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D.
Luna 1
Luna 1 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 that became the first human-made object to reach the vicinity of the Moon and enter a heliocentric orbit.
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E.
Mariner 4
Mariner 4 was a NASA spacecraft that performed the first successful flyby of Mars in 1965, returning the first close-up images of another planet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Venus lander
ⓘ
planetary lander ⓘ space probe ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ |
| atmosphericEntry | Venus atmosphere ⓘ |
| communicationSystem | radio transmitter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dataTransmitted |
pressure data
ⓘ
radio signal strength data ⓘ temperature data ⓘ |
| destination |
Venus
ⓘ
surface form:
surface of Venus
|
| followedBy | Venera 8 ⓘ |
| heatShield | equipped ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | milestone in interplanetary exploration ⓘ |
| impactVelocity | higher than planned due to parachute issue ⓘ |
| landingBody | Venus ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1970-12-15 ⓘ |
| landingDuration | about 23 minutes of data from Venus surface ⓘ |
| landingMethod | parachute descent followed by impact landing ⓘ |
| landingModuleMass | approximately 490 kilograms ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1970-08-17 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
surface form:
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31
|
| launchVehicle | Molniya-M rocket ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Soviet space program
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet space industry
|
| mass | approximately 1180 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | partially successful ⓘ |
| missionType |
Venus exploration
ⓘ
planetary science ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first spacecraft to transmit data from the surface of another planet
ⓘ
first successful soft landing on another planet ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| orbitType | direct entry into Venus atmosphere ⓘ |
| parachuteFailure | partial ⓘ |
| parachuteSystem | equipped ⓘ |
| powerSource | batteries ⓘ |
| precededBy | Venera 6 ⓘ |
| program |
Venera missions
ⓘ
surface form:
Venera program
|
| scientificResults |
confirmation of extremely high surface temperature on Venus
ⓘ
confirmation of very high surface pressure on Venus ⓘ |
| shape | spherical descent capsule ⓘ |
| signalStrength | weak but detectable from Venus surface ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Venera-type bus ⓘ |
| surfacePressureMeasured | about 90 atmospheres ⓘ |
| surfaceTemperatureMeasured | about 475 degrees Celsius ⓘ |
| targetBody | Venus ⓘ |
| yearOfVenusLanding | 1970 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Venera 7 Description of subject: Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft notable for being the first human-made probe to successfully land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth, achieving this milestone on Venus in 1970.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.