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Mission
Kind: Venus lander
State: Successful
Place: Venus
Operator: Lavochkin
Date
Start:
Duration: Travel: 117 daysLander: 50 minutes
Mission Ending
Last Contact: 22 July 1972 (1972-07-23) at 09:32 UT (landing) + 50 min., 11 sec. when transmission ended
Rocket
Rocket: Molniya-M/MVL
Kind: Lavochkin
Manufacturer: Lavochkin
Mass: 1,184 kilograms (2,610 lb)
Launch Site: Baikonur 31/6
Flyby
"Requesting permission for flyby." Maverick - Top Gun
Orbit
Reference System: Geocentric
Lander
Place: Venus
Region: 10°42′S 335°15′E / 10.70°S 335.25°E / -10.70, 335.25
Date: 22 July 1972, 09:32 UTC
Venera 8 (Russian: Венера-8 meaning Venus 8) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus and was the second robotic space probe to conduct a successful landing on the surface of Venus. Venera 8 was a Venus atmospheric probe and lander. Its instrumentation included temperature, pressure, and light sensors as well as an altimeter, gamma ray spectrometer, gas analyzer, and radio transmitters.
