Venera
Sign in to savethumb|Position of Venera landing sites. Red points denote sites returning images from the surface, black central dots sites of surface sample analysis. Map based on mapping from Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Magellan.
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17 sectionsContents
- The Venera probes
- Venera 1 and 2
- Venera 3 to 6
- Venera 7
- Venera 8
- Venera 9 to 12
- Venera 13 and 14
- Venera 15 and 16
- VeGa probes
- Future
- Venera-D
- Scientific findings
- Types of Venera probes
- Flight data for all Venera missions
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Position of Venera landing sites. Red points denote sites returning images from the surface, black central dots sites of surface sample analysis. Map based on mapping from Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Magellan.
The Venera (, 'Venus') program was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus. A total of eighteen probes were sent, including two related Vega probes.