Venera 9: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- June 8, 1975
- Declared end
- December 25, 1975
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 9 mission was the first mission to return pictures from the surface of Venus and the first to go into orbit around another planet. Venera 9 and its twin Venera 10 launched five days apart. Each comprised an orbiter and an attached descent craft (lander probe). The orbiter relayed communications for the lander and studied the atmosphere and cloud layers of Venus. The descent craft made in-situ measurements in the Venus atmosphere and on the surface.
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_9
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/