Venus 2: Surface

The first probe to successfully land on another planet arrived on Venus, where it found one of the most hostile atmospheres known to man.

Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points.

In 1971, the Russians succeeded in landing the Venera 7 probe on the surface of Venus.

The Venera 7 probe traveled through clouds of sulfuric acid 10 miles thick to reach Venus' surface.

Venera 7 transmitted pictures revealing a volcanic landscape.

Venera 7 also recorded temperatures of 450 degrees, wind speeds of 350mph and atmospheric pressure 90 times that of Earth's.

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