On This Day In Space July 22, 1972 Venera 8 Spacecraft Lands On Venus
On July 22, 1972, a spacecraft landed on Venus The Soviet space probe Venera 8 was the second spacecraft to successfully execute a soft landing on the planet’s surface. Venera 8 spent 117 days traveling to Venus and only survived for 50 minutes before the planet’s harsh atmosphere got the best of its hardware. But …
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