1 Venera 4 was the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
2 The following Venera missions became more and more successful, as the Soviets learned from their earlier attempts.
3 And the Venera 13 lander was the first spacecraft to return sounds from the surface of another world.
4 The family of Venera Minakhmetova, the fourth victim to die in nine days, says her death must lead to changes.
5 The Soviet Union originally designed the vehicle to explore Mars, but repurposed three of them as Venera probes to visit Venus.
6 Just ask the Russians, they lost Venera 7, 8, 9 and 10 to these harsh conditions in the 1970s.
7 Venera 13 transmitted the photo below and 13 others from the Venusian surface March 1, 1982, exactly 16 years after Venera 3 landed.
8 The first images returned from the surface of another world were sent from the Soviet Venera 9 lander after it touched down in 1975.
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