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The Soviet Venera 13 lander parachuted through the sulphuric acid clouds of Venus in March 1982 and touched down in a landscape hot enough to melt lead, transmitted the first colour photographs of the surface for 127 minutes before the pressure crushed it - Space Daily

The Soviet Venera 13 lander parachuted through the sulphuric acid clouds of Venus in March 1982 and touched down in a landscape hot enough to melt lead, transmitted the first colour photographs of the surface for 127 minutes before the pressure crushed it Space Daily

On 1 March 1982, a Soviet probe called Venera 13 touched down on Venus and was expected to last just 32 minutes in 465°C heat — it survived for 127 minutes, drilled and analysed a soil sample, and sent back the first colour photographs ever taken from th - Space Daily

On 1 March 1982, a Soviet probe called Venera 13 touched down on Venus and was expected to last just 32 minutes in 465°C heat — it survived for 127 minutes, drilled and analysed a soil sample, and sent back the first colour photographs ever taken from th Space Daily

Earth and Venus are almost twins in size, mass and gravity. Earth's highest mountains are capped with frozen water; Venus's may be coated in metallic frost containing lead and bismuth sulfides. Somehow, two remarkably similar planets took radically different - Space Daily

Earth and Venus are almost twins in size, mass and gravity. Earth's highest mountains are capped with frozen water; Venus's may be coated in metallic frost containing lead and bismuth sulfides. Somehow, two remarkably similar planets took radically different Space Daily

Scientists reanalysed 1978 Pioneer Venus data and found the planet's clouds are roughly 60% water, not the concentrated sulfuric acid assumed for decades — a finding that quietly reopens the question of whether something could live up there - Space Daily

Scientists reanalysed 1978 Pioneer Venus data and found the planet's clouds are roughly 60% water, not the concentrated sulfuric acid assumed for decades — a finding that quietly reopens the question of whether something could live up there Space Daily

Every textbook says Venus is Earth's nearest planetary neighbour, but a simulation run over thousands of years of orbital data found that Mercury holds that title on average — because it never strays as far as Venus does on the far side of its orbit - Space Daily

Every textbook says Venus is Earth's nearest planetary neighbour, but a simulation run over thousands of years of orbital data found that Mercury holds that title on average — because it never strays as far as Venus does on the far side of its orbit Space Daily

In 1982 the Soviet Union landed a probe on the surface of Venus that survived 127 minutes in heat that melts lead and pressure dense enough to crush a submarine — long enough to scan back two panoramas of flat basaltic rock under an orange-tinted sky b - spacewar.com

In 1982 the Soviet Union landed a probe on the surface of Venus that survived 127 minutes in heat that melts lead and pressure dense enough to crush a submarine — long enough to scan back two panoramas of flat basaltic rock under an orange-tinted sky b spacewar.com