During the hottest time of the space race, the Russians started the first project to land on a hot planet. The Venera Project.

Venus, the closest planet to the Earth, has decorated people’s dreams for years. Sometimes tropical islands were imagined, sometimes an environment full of dinosaurs.

Venus with ultraviolet observation by Pionner 1

Venera missions started with failures at first. Connections are broken, orbits are calculated incorrectly. The human race is a stubborn being famous for never giving up. Venera 7 was the first man-made tin to successfully land on Venus.

Venera 7

Curiosity was the reason for everything. Of course, a little desire to defeat Uncle Sam. Whatever the reason, this photo was an inspiration for future people. From Venera 9:

The first photo taken on another planet. By Venera 9

July 14, 1965

This photo is the first photo taken on another planet. Mankind saw the surface of another planet for the first time. We looked at another sky. We saw another soil. Everything looked different to us. The soil was roasted from heat. Because of the thickness of the atmosphere, it was not clear where the sun was. Everywhere was bright. It was poisonous, dangerous. So Venera couldn’t live the probes too much.

The short-lived Venera 13 sent the photo, which will enlarge our dream world. The colors of Venus. At first, it reminded the Earth.

The first colored photo taken on another planet. By Venera 13.

March 1, 1982

The pressure on the vehicle was exactly 91 atmospheres. A pressure that you will feel 900 meters deep in the ocean. Everything was hostile to us. But we still wanted to go there. We still want it. Because curiosity is something like this.

More detailed images from Venera 13 and 14

The only vehicles that could land on Venus belonged to the Russians. As mankind, we haven’t been going to Venus for years.

Landing points of Venera probes

The main reason for this is that the environment is dangerous. This is a much greater danger than we will encounter on Mars.

Speaking of Mars, we are also curious about it.