Venus may have been named after the Roman goddess of beauty, but once humans started sending spacecraft to the planet next door, we quickly learned that beauty… hurts.
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Sources:
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1961-003A
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/55-years-ago-mariner-2-first-to-venus
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00208814
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-091A
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https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-092A
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/venera-3/in-depth/
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-058A
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-001A
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https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/venera-6/in-depth/
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Images:
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/venus-royalty-free-image/171149710?adppopup=true
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venera-7_spuskaemiy_apparat.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariner_2.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venus_2_Approach_Image.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13972
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zond_2.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariner_5.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venera-7.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1972_CPA_4166.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nave_espacial_Venera_8.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foto_de_Venera_9.png
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