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The Soviet Venera 13 probe touched down on Venus on March 1, 1982, and survived for 127 minutes in a 465-degree atmosphere that crushed it with the pressure of nearly a kilometre of ocean water, enabling it to scrape a soil sample, analyze it, and transmit the first color photographs ever taken from the surface of another planet.
Venus (southern hemisphere at 7.5 degrees south, 303 degrees east, just east of an elevated region called Phoebe Regio)
Who
Soviet Venera 13 probe, Soviet engineers at the Lavochkin design bureau
What
The Soviet Venera 13 probe touched down on Venus on March 1, 1982, and survived for 127 minutes in a 465-degree atmosphere that crushed it with the pressure of nearly a kilometre of ocean water, enabling it to scrape a soil sample, analyze it, and transmit the first color photographs ever taken from the surface of another planet.
When
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:07:20 GMT · 2h 59m ago
Where
Venus (southern hemisphere at 7.5 degrees south, 303 degrees east, just east of an elevated region called Phoebe Regio) ·
Why
The probe was designed to gather scientific data and photographs from the surface of Venus under extreme atmospheric conditions.
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How this affects you
The Venera 13 mission provided unprecedented direct chemical readings of Venusian soil and the first color photographs from another planet's surface, significantly advancing our understanding of Venus's geology and demonstrating remarkable engineering prowess.
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