On 1 March 1982, the Soviet probe Venera 13 landed on Venus, with a rather tight programme: to survive 32 minutes in an atmosphere at 465 °C and under nearly 90 times the earth's pressure. It finally transmitted for 127 minutes, photographed the landscape in color and analysed the soil.
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On 1 March 1982, the Soviet probe Venera 13 landed on Venus, with a rather tight programme: to survive 32 minutes in an atmosphere at 465 °C and under nearly 90 times the earth's pressure. It finally transmitted for 127 minutes, photographed the landscape in color and analysed the soil.