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Venera 9 Lander: Surface of Venus (October 22, 1975)

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Every Picture From Venus' Surface, Ever

In 1975 and 1982, 4 of the Soviet Union’s Venera probes captured our only images of Venus’ surface.

Only 4 spacecraft have ever returned images from Venus’ surface. The world next door doesn’t make it easy, with searing heat and crushing pressure that quickly destroy any lander.

In 1975 and 1982, 4 of the Soviet Union’s Venera probes captured our only images of Venus’ surface. The Veneras, which mean “Venus” in Russian, scanned the surface back and forth to create panoramic images of their surroundings. They revealed yellow skies and cracked, desolate landscapes that were both alien and familiar—views of a world that may have once been like Earth before experiencing catastrophic climate change.

Ted Stryk, a philosophy professor at Roane State Community College in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, specializes in reconstructing images from early space missions. Using data from the Russian Academy of Sciences, he has over time reconstructed the best-possible versions of the original Venera panoramas.

VENUS SURFACE PANORAMA FROM VENERA 9 This 1975 panorama from the Soviet Union's Venera 9 probe includes the first images ever taken from the surface of another planet.Image: Russian Academy of Sciences / Ted Stryk

VENUS SURFACE PANORAMA FROM VENERA 10 The Soviet Union's Venera 10 probe captured this panorama of Venus's surface in 1975.Image: Russian Academy of Sciences / Ted Stryk

VENUS SURFACE PANORAMA FROM VENERA 13 FRONT CAMERA The Soviet Union's Venera 13 probe captured two color panoramas of Venus's surface in 1982. This panorama came from the front camera.Image: Russian Academy of Sciences / Ted Stryk

VENUS SURFACE PANORAMA FROM VENERA 13 REAR CAMERA The Soviet Union's Venera 13 probe captured two color panoramas of Venus's surface in 1982. This panorama came from the rear camera.Image: Russian Academy of Sciences / Ted Stryk

VENUS SURFACE PANORAMA FROM VENERA 14 FRONT CAMERA The Soviet Union's Venera 14 probe captured two color panoramas of Venus's surface in 1982. This panorama came from the front camera.Image: Russian Academy of Sciences / Ted Stryk

VENUS SURFACE PANORAMA FROM VENERA 14 REAR CAMERA The Soviet Union's Venera 14 probe captured two color panoramas of Venus's surface in 1982. This panorama came from the rear camera.Image: Russian Academy of Sciences / Ted Stryk

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Tired: "It's amazing that we get to live in a time where a probe has crashed on the moon"

Wired: We live in a time where there exist the corroded remains of a series of landers on Venus that despite the acid atmosphere persevered just long enough to send us images of a landscape that no human will ever visit.

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On this day in 1975, the Soviet Union's Venera 9 spacecraft landed on the surface of Venus. It snapped this photo of Venus during its 53-minute mission on the planet's surface, one of the first photos sent back from the surface of another planet.

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Video on the Venera 9 lander

via Scientific American Space Lab

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Un'ora (intensa) con Venera 9

Sono passati quarantotto anni ma quelle immagini rimangono di straordinario interesse. A colori poi, sono ancora più suggestive!

Sono passati esattamente 48 anni (e un giorno). Era infatti il ventidue ottobre del 1975, quando la sonda sovietica Venera 9 atterrava sulla caldissima superficie di mercurio e riusciva ad acquisire un panorama a 180 gradi (l’immagine in apertura di questo articolo). La sonda era progettata per resistere alle tremende condizioni di pressione e temperatura della superficie del pianeta: in effetti,…

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Image of the surface of Venus from the Soviet Union’s Venera 9 lander

via NASA

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Slideshow of Venus photos from the Soviet Venera 9 orbiter, 1975