The Soviet Union's Venera program (1970–1984) achieved the first soft landings on Venus, enduring extreme temperatures at about over 400 degree celcius and crushing pressures. Probes like Venera 13 and 14 transmitted the first color images and data from the surface before being destroyed.
by VelvetHott
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Too bad the Venus mission US was proposing was cut by budget hawks in the US.
Only the Russians could build something that can survive Venus.
I would hope the images survived, they were transmitted to Earth.
The metal spikes on the base really bring home the Soviet aesthetic
Couldn’t have point the camera to the side, huh?
Bummer.
Venus is my favorite planet cause its soooo bright in the mornings. You could generally see it still when the sun is fully out and at times so damn bright its brighter than a plane flying at you.
Am I the only one who is surprised by how normal it looks? Like it’s definitely strange and alien, but it’s still looks like a patch of dirt with some sky.
I don’t normally complain about reposts but four times a day three times a week is excessive.
I fucking love Venus.
Lakes of molten metals.
An atmosphere so dense it can crush steel.
The very air is acidic.
So beautiful.
Did the thing that looks like half a set of dentures move? Wind?
I know?
Why was it so spikey?
https://youtu.be/-N2PhuRQYM0?si=UabCzChVUUt5PQqh
venus: where probes go for a quick tan session
The Piss dimension is real.