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Venera 9

1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach

Venera 9

First images from Venus’s surface.

Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 1975
Lead / partner
Soviet Union
Target
Venus
Category
Orbiter / lander
Status
Success
Vehicle
Proton-K
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
Cytherocentric
Duration
Orbiter: Lander: Launch to last contact: 292 days

Why it happened

Venera 9 flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, 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 images from Venus’s surface.

Results

First images from Venus’s surface.

Related missions

Venera 9 Venera 11 — same_target Venera 11 Venera 7 — same_target Venera 7 Venera 13 — same_target Venera 13 Venera 4 — same_target Venera 4

Venera 4

Partial success

Soviet Union · 1967

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog