When the Soviets Photographed the Surface of Venus - It Happened in Space #9

In the 1970s, the Soviet Union turned its attention to Venus and managed to take the first pictures on the surface of another world with the Venera landers.

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When the Veneras Challenged Venus' Hellish Atmosphere (Discovery News)
http://news.discovery.com/space/history-of-space/veneras-to-venus-130913.htm

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