1982 Event Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands and sends back data from Venus 1982 Event Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data 1975 Event U.S.S.R.'s Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing 1975 Event Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus 1975 Event Venera 9, 1st craft to orbit planet Venus launched 1975 Event U.S.S.R. launches Venera 10 for Venus landing 1975 Event U.S.S.R. launches Venera 9 for Venus landing 1972 Event Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus 1972 Event Venera 8 launched to Venus 1970 Event Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus) 1970 Event Venera 7 launched, makes 1st softlanding on Venus 1969 Event Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus 1969 Event Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere 1969 Event U.S.S.R.'s Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus 1969 Event U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus) 1967 Event Soviet Venera 4 becomes 1st probe to send data back from Venus 1967 Event U.S.S.R. launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus 1966 Event Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus) 1965 Event Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) 1965 Event Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus 1961 Event U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 toward Venus
