Venera 3 Is the First Spacecraft to Impact on Another Planet
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Aviation, Space Exploration
- Subcategories: Scientists, Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
- Date: November 16, 1965-March 1, 1966
Article abstract: The Soviet planetary probe, Venera 3, was the first man-made object to impact the surface of another planet.
Summary of Event
The Soviet Venus probe, Venera 3, was launched on November 12, 1965, by a three-stage A-2e booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union. The chief designers were G. N. Babakin, A. M. Isayev, Sergei P. Koroiev, and Vasili P. Mishin. The probe’s 43-meter-tall, 509,840-kilogram thrust booster placed Venera 3 into a temporary Earth parking orbit. Before completing its first...
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