Venera 7
Mission overview
Venera 7 made the first soft landing on another planet and the first transmission from the surface of Venus.
Mission data
Identity and engineering data from Wikidata (type-verified match · Q152800) · launch date 1970-08-17 confirmed
| International designator | 1970-060A | Wikidata · catalogued |
| Operator | NPO Lavochkin | Wikidata · catalogued |
| Manufacturer | NPO Lavochkin | Wikidata · catalogued |
Full field-level provenance
- International designator: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P247 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Operator: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P137 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Manufacturer: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P176 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
Sourced from Wikidata (community-maintained structured data, whose statements link to their own citations where provided); each value carries its Wikidata QID. A field with conflicting Wikidata values is omitted. Launch date is used only to cross-check the catalogue, never to override it. Fields Wikidata did not provide, or where conflicting values exist, are omitted, never invented.
Outcome & discoveries
Returned the first data from the surface of Venus despite crushing heat and pressure.
Mission profile
Knowledge connections
- Operated byRoscosmos
- Part of programVenera program
- Launched fromBaikonur Cosmodrome
- Mission targetVenus
- Associated withVenera 7 Lands on Venus
- Associated withFirst Landing on Another Planet
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- RoscosmosState Space Corporation Roscosmos
Russian crewed and robotic spaceflight history and programs.