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Venera 3
Soviet space probe
Venera 2
Soviet spacecraft intended to explore Venus
Venera 8
Soviet space probe which delivered a lander to Venus
Zond 1
spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program
Kosmos 96
failed Soviet space probe
Kosmos 21
Soviet spacecraft
Kosmos 27
failed space mission
3MV
The 3MV planetary probe (short for 3rd generation Mars-Venus) is a designation for a common design used by early Soviet unmanned probes to Mars and Venus. It was an incremental improvement of earlier 2MV probes and was used for Zond 1, Zond 2 and Zond 3 missions to Mars as well as several Venera probes. It was standard practice of the Soviet space program to use standardized components as much as possible. All probes shared the same typical characteristics and differed usually in equipment necessary for specific missions. Each probe also incorporated improvements based on experience with earli
Zond 3MV-1 No.2
failed Soviet Venus spacecraft