Venera 8: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- March 27, 1972
- Declared end
- not declared
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
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A declared target is what the archive files the mission’s data under, not a record of observation.
Description published by the archive
The Soviet Venera 8 mission consisted of a carrier bus and a descent craft (lander probe). The objectives of the mission were to make a more sophisticated set of scientific measurements at the Venus surface, including studies of the Venus regolith.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Other targets declared
- SOLAR WIND (plasma stream)
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.venera_8
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/