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Venera 4

1957–1969: Opening the Space Age

Venera 4

First in-situ atmospheric data from Venus.

Era 1 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 1967
Lead / partner
Soviet Union
Target
Venus
Category
Planetary probe
Status
Partial success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Venera 4 flew during 1957–1969: Opening the Space Age, as part of Soviet Union's work toward venus. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First in-situ atmospheric data from Venus.

Results

First in-situ atmospheric data from Venus.

Related missions

Venera 4 Venera 7 — same_target Venera 7 Mariner 2 — same_target Mariner 2 Venera 1 — same_target Venera 1 Venera 9 — same_target Venera 9

Sources & image credits

  • Rave, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · license: cc-by-sa-3.0 (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog