https://locodigital.com.br/en/tags/venera-4/Recent content in Venera 4 on LocodigitalHugoen-USSun, 18 Oct 2026 05:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/technology/venera-4-at-59-the-probe-that-sampled-the-air-of-venus/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/technology/venera-4-at-59-the-probe-that-sampled-the-air-of-venus/<p>Today, October 18, 2026, it has been 59 years since a 383 kg Soviet capsule hit the atmosphere of Venus at roughly 300 G of deceleration, opened a parachute and spent 93 minutes sending numbers back to Earth. <strong>Venera 4</strong> did not reach the ground in one piece, but it returned the first analysis made from inside another planet's atmosphere.</p> <h2>What was Venera 4?</h2> <p>It was a probe launched on June 12, 1967, from Baikonur, on a Molniya rocket. According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wikipedia</a>, the stack weighed 1,106 kg at launch: a spacecraft with solar panels and, attached to it, a nearly spherical capsule 1 meter in diameter. The trip took 127 days. Only one course correction was made, on July 29; the second one, planned, was canceled.</p>