Venera 7 lands on Venus

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15 December, 1970

Venera 7 landed on planet Venus on 15th December 1970. It was not only the first soft landing of a spacecraft on another planet but was able to send data from Venus.

Venera 7 had been launched by the Soviet Union on 17th August 1970.