1961 Hungary Venara I Venus Probe

1961 Hungary Venara I Venus Probe

Venera 1 (Венера-1) was the first spacecraft to perform an interplanetary flight and the first to fly past Venus, as part of the Soviet Union’s Venera pro­gram. Launched in February 1961, it was intended as an impactor but flew past Venus on 19 May. Radio contact was lost before the flyby, resulting in it returning no data.

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