• farcaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    It’s a Venera probe! The probe missions of the Soviet space program were remarkable. What a technological feat to get these machines all the way to Venus (of all places) and send data and pictures back, in the 1970s!

      • farcaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        As far as I can tell this was intended to be a Venera probe, possibly it would have been Venera 9, but because it failed in earth orbit it was classified as “Kosmos”.

        • P00ptart@lemmy.world
          4·
          3 days ago

          Right, I’m just saying this one didn’t make it to Venus. But it would be interesting to see the remains of the other one today.