Venera 13 was a Soviet space probe that landed on the surface of Venus on March 1, 1982, as part of the Soviet Union Venera program of Venus exploration. It returned the first color photographs ever taken of the Venusian surface and survived for about two hours in the planet extreme heat and crushing atmospheric pressure before its instruments failed, a working lifetime far longer than its designers had planned for. The lander also carried a soil drill and an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer that analyzed the chemical composition of Venusian rock.
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Status (category)Mission Complete / Ended 1 Connections
Mission Of
Source Wikipedia - Venera 13
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Venera 13, which returned the first color images from the surface of Venus in 1982, was a Soviet space program mission.
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Additional Source Wikipedia - Venera 13Wikipedia: Venera 13, lead section
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Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.
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1. Venera 13 (Wikipedia)
Venera 13 landed on 1 March 1982...transmitted the first recording of sounds from another planetView the Source 2. Wikipedia - Venera 13
Infobox, mission_type
Venus flyby / lander
Infobox, launch_date
1981 10 30, 06:04:00 UTC
Infobox, manufacturer
NPO Lavochkin
- In Group: Venus Probes, Venera 13 (Russian: Венера-13 'Venus 13') was part of the Soviet Venera program meant to explore Venus.
Part Of: Venera Program, Lead paragraph, part-of
Venera 13 (Russian: Венера-13 'Venus 13') was part of the Soviet Venera program meant to explore Venus.
Mission Of: Venera Program, Lead paragraph, mission-of
Venera 13 (Russian: Венера-13 'Venus 13') was part of the Soviet Venera program meant to explore Venus.
- Operated By: Soviet space program, Wikipedia: Venera 13, lead section
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