First human-made object to land on another planet

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First human-made object to land on another planet
Posted by bio_man   Feb 28, 2018    2285 views
The Soviet-built space probe, Venera 3, was the first spacecraft to ever land on another planet back on March 1st, 1966, after being launched on November 16, 1965 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission of this spacecraft was to land on the Venusian surface. The entry body contained a radio communication system, scientific instruments, electrical power sources, and medallions bearing the State Coat of Arms of the U.S.S.R. Unfortunately, the probe crash-landed on Venus, causing its communication systems to fail before it could return any information about the planet. The spacecraft impacted on the night side of Venus, near the terminator, around -20º to 20º N, 60º to 80º E. The Venera program, however, would go on to successfully submit data from the Venusian surface 5 years later (1970), via Venera 7, in spite of the 475 Celsius (887 Fahrenheit) temperature!

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