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In this video, we’re diving into the fascinating story of Venera 4, the space probe that dared to venture into the unknown and attempt the first-ever landing on Venus. Follow the evolution of Soviet engineering as they ingeniously adapted their approach, turning the failures of Venera 4 into future triumphs, and celebrate their achievement of landing on Venus eight times - an accomplishment yet to be surpassed after 50 years (and counting).
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00:00 The Venera Venus Missions
00:26 What Happened to Venera 4?
01:25 The Evolution of Venera Space Probes
03:41 What Happened to Venera 7?
05:19 What Happened to Venera 8?
06:07 Surviving Venus in the 1970's
06:31 Taking Pictures on Venus
07:47 Real Audio from Venus
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I'm always happy when the Soviet Venera program gets brought up in a space fairing discussion, Soviet achievements outside of Yuri Gagarin and Sputnik are so underrated and unknown to many people, and this goes to show the prowess that was the Soviet Space program, cheers to all engineers who made it happen!
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@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5 Was he on hellish Venus? 😂
Underrated indeed. Just one of the many reasons I was so looking forward to sharing this video. Thanks for watching and good luck in the giveaway.
We must mention about the Russian space program that NASA had been sending their astronauts to the ISS with Soyuz space ships for 11 years... NASA didn't have space ships, Roscosmos did.
I do wonder why
That parachute design is pure genius. No fancy sensor-controlled deployment and no variable thrusters, just a ring that would melt as soon as atmosphere gets hot enough. WOW
Soviet bias :) the simpler the design got, the less thing can go wrong.
@@haivophanphuoc2697 thats real, just see how japanese lander wasnt a complete success due to its increadibly weird design, the less moving part the better stuff really is
@@shobhajha8315 The reason why cars break down faster these days. And not only cars, but electronics in general.
@@coquimapping8680the reason is that smaller things just break faster, that’s a rule of nature (even seen in living beings). Electronics are so incomprehensibly small that their life expectancy is much times less than a big crude cast iron machine. But on the contrary, electronics can do things that machines would not in a thousand years be able to. Without electronics for example, the whole space thing would’ve been completely impossible.
"The best part is no part." -Elon Musk
These soviet engineers had some of the craftiest solutions I've ever heard of. Building a landing craft that survives those conditions is astonishing.
Astonishing indeed. I've really enjoyed learning more about these missions myself.
I'm curious to why they kept going back to Venus. What did they see in the planet? 🤔
@@pil3driverwaltz164 Probs my dad that went for milk 7 years ago. Hope they find him. 🙏
To get different pictures on different parts of the planet of course, why they should leave it like that when they figured out howto land on Venus? Also the reason that most probes did not survive longer than 1-2 hours.@@pil3driverwaltz164
@@pil3driverwaltz164 materials for Strugatsky brothers to write "Crimson clouds country" book (just a joke btw)
As an engineer, I simply love the chord idea. The simplest possible solution that couldn't fail because of sheer simplicity
Absolutely agree.
That's Murphys law. To remove all possible points for failure.
It failed tho didn’t it?
@@c87kim no, the parachute itself failed, not the cord. Cord burned when it was supposed to, while parachute wasn't supposed to burn at all, but it did. It is exactly why engineers got data of 500 C temperature and why they redesigned whole landing system.
@@VayKek sounds like a failure to me
American were the first on the moon,but Soviets were the first to ever to land on a outside world.
It goes to show that their technological prowess should not be under credited. I wish for a new space race that can bring more technological advancement to help us here on earth. After all, anything that can help you survive outside of earth, can help you live much better here on earth.
@@MichaelOrtegaIf only their earth life were as good as the americans’ lol
dang did they get back home
They landed on the moon first as well.
And they would have gone further on with Venusian manned flybies with a "relaiable N1" if Koralev lived on to the 70s... After all, the same "Hercules Rocket" N1-L3 was invisioned by the Chief to reach as primary objectives not the Moon, but Venus and Mars, with manned landings as well on the latter.
Venera is an amazing achievement, can't believe we did it back in the 70s! Wish we would give Venus more attention and hopefully even a rover in the future!
ah rover has no future there. probably need something like venus atmospheric submarine.
Airships are probably more likely to survive and explore for a decent time, the upper atmosphere is surprisingly earthlike. In contrast, not a lot of things can survive the surface of 400+ C and 92 atm.
NASA has some nice concepts in the pipeline 😊 Check the High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) as an example.
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Man these venera missions are the coolest space missions to me. First of all, the fact that i can say space mission and not mean a piece of science fiction is genuinly amazing. And secondly, i just love the story of some crazy russian scientists on a mission to find the secrets of an almost completely unexplored planet, failing at first, realizing it's gonna be a hell of a fight and then innovating on their design to finally conquer it AND send really beautiful pictures back. And the audio clip just gets to me. I mean sounds from another planet!? There's just something so cool and mysterious about it that i could listen to it for hours. And the synced animation in the video is just a beautiful cherry on top.
I'm so glad that you enjoyed the video and the topic. It really is a beautiful story and the audio always gets me as well. Pretty amazing achievements when all is said and done. Thanks for watching and good luck in the giveaway.
my dad used to tell me about these, as he was growing up in comunist cuba during the 70's and 80's in the military he was used to hearing about every space missiong that was sent, it was a novelty that he enjoyed preatty much, today i showed up this video today and he was facinated, the 3D animations help him alot to visualize the landings, also he never heard the audio of the missions, thanks for doing this vid, it was something that reminded him even at his old age about something that passionated him for so long. 😮💨
we have Lurdes radio base in Cuba, big thanks and Viva Cuba!
Thats awesome.
Venera was a monumental achievement that is often overlooked. Sending a probe to land on and take photos of a planet over 160 million miles away is no small feat! Thank you for sharing!
The only pictures we have of Venus are overlooked? Since when Edit: ok the comment literally right under this one said they’ve never heard of this program so i guess fair enough lol
160 million? the sun is 93 minnion...
and this 50 years ago...
@@mikehunt3420 never heard of the venera project untill today
@@TheBurnknight hence the edit i made some 30 seconds after i made the comment
I'm impressed these probes can even send communications through that dense and (extremely) hot atmosphere!
Only the Venera 7 had to send all the way back to Earth. The later Venera's like 9 and 12 had orbiters to relay the data and measure the atmosphere.
Ah, a fellow rain world/space enjoyer! Hoi there!
No you cant, satellites do it for you@@Mikael-jt1hk
@@Mikael-jt1hk Only by digging a tunnel through the mountain, maybe. The only part of the radio spectrum that, maybe, could be able to travel through a mountain is ELF band. And ELF band transmitters need kilometers long antennas and entire power plants dedicated to them to work. Also, they can only transmit maybe a couple of characters per minute, not more. The only reason we're able to "send data through a mountain" here on earth is because we actually go around the mountain, not through it. If we're talking about radiowaves, we usually do it by exploiting natural reflections (other mountains, the ionosphere, the moon. etc.) or by using artificial repeaters.
Wasn't there a relay in orbit?
The Venera Project should gain as much recognition worldwide as other well-known projects related to space. I had no idea about the project until this informative video; perhaps I can even say it's better than NASA projects. Thanks for the video.
I agree. Hoping to spread even just a little more awareness about Venera with this video. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and good luck in the giveaway!
Soviet engineering was really impressive, never actually heard about the venera program. I didn’t even know that any space probe had landed on venus. Great video showcasing it
I think my favorite funny story of the Venera probes are how unlucky they got with the lens caps. The Venera 9 lander operated for 53 minutes and took pictures with one of two cameras; the other lens cap did not release. The Venera 10 lander operated for 65 minutes and took pictures with one of two cameras; the other lens cap did not release. The Venera 11 lander operated 95 minutes but neither cameras' lens caps released. The Venera 12 lander operated for 110 minutes but neither cameras' lens caps released. The Venera 14 had the misfortune of ejecting the camera lens cap directly under the surface compressibility tester arm, and returned information for the compressibility of the lens cap rather than the surface.
I took an astronomy class in college about a year and a half ago, and our professor was talking about how unlucky it was to travel to venus, only to test the lens cap after it fell in the way of the tester. I thought that was pretty funny
Imagine all the different photos of that world we couldn't see due to a few mechanical errors...
That’s crazy!!!😅
Oh my God, I only just mentioned that notorious lens cap story and then I saw your comment! I learnt all this from the absolutely wonderful BBC documentary, The Planets from way back in 1999!
Damn. How important were those lens caps?
Soviet Venera program was so interesting. Much respect from USA
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Seeing and hearing the surface of another planet is definitely one of humanities greatest achievements. God bless those little venera probes and the wonderful engineers who made them
It really is such an amazing achievement. I can't wait to see what we discover next.
What's truly fascinating about the Venera missions is how they embodied the spirit of exploration and technological innovation during the height of the space race. These probes provided the world with the first direct data about the atmosphere and surface of Venus, a planet which until then, was shrouded in mystery. The challenges faced and overcome by the Venera program - from enduring extreme temperatures to dealing with corrosive atmosphere and immense pressure on the Venusian surface - are nothing short of engineering marvels. As we continue to explore space with more advanced technology, the legacy of the Venera probes serves as both an inspiration and a foundation upon which future explorations are built.
It still gives me chills that we landed on an another planet in the 70s! I think the space industry is one of those industries where even the rival countries at that time cooperated with each other for the collective curiosity and explorative minds of humans. And that's what I like about these space expedition missions. It transcends geographical boundaries and rivalries.
The scientific community thought that Venus was like earth beneath the surface, a hidden oasis. Imagine how they felt when they found out it was a hot hellhole.
And mars is just a cold hellhole
@@KC-bu8qqnoone knew that back then 😊
"we landed on an another planet in the 70s! " . . . no, we didn't. according to your logic, we landed on the moon in 1959 too.
@@KC-bu8qq And earth is just a hellhole
That looks so much like my Eve landing attempts. Jokes aside, what the Soviet Union did back then is amazing. That was cutting edge of space technologies, because space is not supposed to be 500C and super thick. So hats off to all the people who participated in this program. And let's hope we can repeat it one day. Also, the Venera missions managed to triangulate a GRB for a first time. Which was pretty cool!
Hats off to them indeed! I am always so interested to see what comes next!
Taking off from Eve and returning an astronaut to orbit was an incredibly challenging task. Have you tried it?
@@hdufort Brrr, I barely made it once to the surface in one piece. For some reason, my inflatable shield always rotates in such a way that my vehicle explodes. That was during testing, I have one fly-by and one satellite heading there now, I have to check if I sent a rover in the end. My biggest goal was Jool, saved all my money to send 3 missions, and when they were on their way to Jool, I removed the fairing and now, it seems they won't be able to get into orbit, because they start shaking when engines start. I'm heartbroken. Space is so hard.
@@denijane89 I use a shield that is much larger (wider) than my probe. I always get lots of wobble too. Better design a probe that is flatter than longer.
@@denijane89 For Jool I usually deploy a constellation of comm relay satellite in heliocentric orbit, as well as relays in orbit around Jool. Only then I launch a probe. You need nuclear and ionic propulsion to get there. Using only chemical propulsion leads to heavy and cumbersome designs.
I think the Venera space probes marked an important point in our history. It demonstrated our capabilities of building machines which could survive such extreme conditions and send scientific data which helped us understand venetian atmosphere,Venera missions will always be one of my favourite space missions ever undertaken. Props to all the scientists who worked on it...
Why they could build machines to deal with Venus but not with chernobyl ??? 😂 they had to borrow from the west...
@@pierzing.glint1sh76 do u really think that there were no soviet machines for chernobyl? It's just that all of them failed that's why they had to ask West and they failed too, there were no robots at that time in all the world that could handle such radiation
@vanad1um Yes....thats what I said. No soviet machines for chernobyl They had to borrow from the west. there were also no robots who could handle Venus either... But soviet engineering and tech found a way
@@pierzing.glint1sh76 and i said there were soviet robots in Chernobyl but they as well as the western robots just broke, and after it happened with the soviet they asked the West. No one has such techolodgies for such incidents solvin at that time
@vanad1um I don't disagree with you ! But ur missing the point No one had technology to go to Venus either The soviets never developed technology to deal with an insane amount of radiation. They should have researched it, but it was probrably never gna get any funding because it would mean admitting that they were running stupid tests that could lead to nuclear disaster So basically it's funny and it's an indictment of the soviet state that they had probes that would operate on another world but didn't have machinery that could solve a potential problem right there in their own country. It's quite funny.
The Venera is absolutely mind boggling to me because of the fact that technology back then in the 70s we're enough to sustain the 500°C Temperatures and to take pictures & audio!
The Venera program was a big step in solar system exploration. It showed how advanced Soviet technology was at that time
it was advanced but space exploration is always down to finding clever solutions to a specific problem. it doesn't have to be the most advanced tech.
You had mentioned one of the lens caps didn't pop off on Venera 9. That's just the start of a lens cap curse most of the Venera landers suffered. For example Venera 11 which landed on Christmas Eve and had an upgraded color cameras with higher resolution didn't send any images because not a single lens cap separated. Even worse, the very same thing happened on Venera 12. Lens caps on Venera 13 and 14 thankfully popped off successfully, BUT on Venera 14 one lense cap fell on the exact place where surface soil probe, designed to measure the compressibility of the Venusian soil, was supposed to analyse the soil. Thus, instead of the soil, the probe measured the compressibility of the lens cap. You can actually see this on the picture from Venera 14.
I wonder why they persevered with that design for lens caps, rather than having them pop off at higher altitude, or having them be pulled off by the parachute, or attached with glue that melts, or…
@@nastropcthey aren't morons, so I think there was a reason, maybe it really is just a series of bad luck events
@@nastropc They should have consulted Japanese camera makers. 🤣
@@nastropc those caps was driven by squibs, its already simplest and well tested devices. Which was used in many other Venera instruments and worked fine. But on Venus it keeps failing by some reason, and there was no means to know why.
@@nastropc Probably they had too short lifespan to be pulled off earlier, and looking at how the periscope looked like, they required some ejection force, so glue was not an option either. Im guessing those caps were also supposed to reinforce the structure for the shock that occurred when hitting the ground, that's why they went this way.
I'm always amazed by how extreme the environment of Venus is and that the soviets actually managed to send probes there.
If the Soviets managed to do all of that 50 years ago, imagine what an international team could do today. (Venera honestly just proves the fact that the USSR won the Space Race even more)
they really didn't
space race is still on who told them to stop 😡
@@stinkylesbianfemcel russia isn't innovating anymore, the only way i can see it continue is if china catches up to the usa
@@stinkylesbianfemcel youtube has this glitch where comments don't show up so i'll say it again: russia isn't innovating anymore, the only way the space race can continue is if china catches up to the usa
@@jayminyoel7911 Sure the soviets didn't land on the moon, but the soviets had the first satellite in space, the first man in space, the first woman in space, the first multi crew in space, the first spacewalk, venera, first dogs in space, and first living thing in space, oh and R-7 semyorka
The awe and inspiration from space science is literally jaw dropping
I'm so glad you agree.
I feel like a special mention should have been given to the Vega missions. The soviets returned to Venus but not on the surface of it years after the Venera mission. These were Balloons that had been sent into Venus' atmosphere to study it. We have never been to Venus ever since.
Yes we have, as recently as 2010, Japan sent an orbiter to study the atmosphere.
@@TommyCubed he means to actually land or be on the atmosphere of the planet. not just orbit it.
Its amazing how they overcame all the technical issues and continue improve their design.
What i love about this Venera probe is just how determined human can be, updating thing who go wrong and then try it again, and again and again till we reach the goal. and even though we can prepare beforehand, something can, will go wrong.
Never heard audio so clear from space probes before. Perbaps its becuase of Venus's thick atmosphere that makes sound propagation easier which is why we can hear all these sounds so much clearer.
Yes. Kinda like with water, the more dence stuff is - the better it transfer sound. Other bodies have nearly no atmosphere, so the sound we hear comes mainly from probe itself, not its surrounding. Its like trying to hear music trough water pipe, coming trough room with TV, while it in use.
What about the perseverance audio? And Huygens? Iirc they’re of comparable quality
Even though they lived for very short time they will remain a legacy in spaceflight history. Thank you venera
Nah mate
dude the most impressive things about human contact with space and the space race has always been the pictures of venus for me, i find it crazy. love that poster !!
Those photos of Venus were just amazing.
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It's freaking awesome to hear audio of another planet
Agreed!
Please, please make more videos about the soviet space program. it was so amazing what they accomplished!
I will definitely keep that request in mind. Thanks so much for watching. Good luck in the giveaway!
+1, I am from a post-Soviet country and I learned a lot of new stuff. I only barely heard about this programme before, none of which came from school but from the Internet
@@lmnkpost-Soviet countries in general tend to denigrate or at least ignore the achievements of USSR
@@communist754it's part of propaganda. here, in our country is very strong propaganda, it could be felt in '90s , but now, it is even worse. it was paid and organised.
+1 also intrested in Soviet Space Program. subscribed to the channel. Thanks.
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I'm glad to see someone talking about the Venera program, it's honestly crazy that they got to Venus so long ago
Doing this in the 70's is a great achievement for humanity.
The way that those engineers handled each challenge and managed to get through is what amazes me the most. Engineering is truly a beautiful field of science!
I am amazed at the amount of money they must have spent on the Venus program. That was a lot of launches to very far away!
@@itoibo4208 agreed! Also considering the tension going on between the Soviet union and the US, they must be pressurised to make noticeable improvements in order to win the space race!
@@tearsonpages_ Let me say that this is not entirely true. After all, we must remember that space exploration was not only part of the military confrontation between two political systems, but also a subject of enormous enthusiasm among scientists, designers, and workers. Those participants in the space programs of the Soviet Union whom I remember were primarily dreamers. Of course, highly qualified labor was paid somewhat better than the labor of people in ordinary industries. And of course, they often experienced pressure from "above". But believe me, this has nothing in common with the cliches of Hollywood blockbusters.
@@bbjib yeah i completely understand! Even I am a space enthusiast. I was just pointing it out cuz these past years, there have been no political tensions influencing space exploration((maybe now the space race is back with India and japan landing on the moon?!)), i think it was merely a factor leading to venera's success. I wasn't letting down their enthusiasm. I'm sorry if I came that way.
@@tearsonpages_ Thank you very much for your answer. I think so as well. And my inner Soviet idealism whispers, "How nice it would be if different countries joined forces to explore space!"... dreams, sweet dreams...
USSR was able to land the probe on a surface with a temperature of +460°C under a pressure of 92 atmospheres of the Earth, which is comparable to the pressure in a kilometer deep water. The fact that it landed, let alone was operational on the surface for 2 hours and was able to transmit data, including sound and images, is simply mind-boggling. This atmosphere as we know it contains carbon dioxide and clouds of sulfuric acid and is incredibly dense. I'm shocked that this particular probe didn't disintegrate during reentry. Sorry for my English.
Simply amazing, I loved how you matched the animation to the sound taken. It sounded so eerie yet comforting to hear the gentle breeze of Venus despite knowing how hellish the conditions were.
So glad you enjoyed it. I definitely feel the same listening to the audio. Pretty amazing stuff.
I love how they just kept sending spacecraft. Each time, they learned something new and made those changes to each of the newer Venera craft. It's very cool that we have pictures and sound from the surface. I look forward to the day somebody sends a more current probe to see if we can capture more photos, audio, and data, for a longer period of time.
Biggest problem would be the heat since common electronics do not work for long under this temperature. Either we use more rare electronics or build the probe with mechanical computers.
@@molybdaen11 you can use pneumonics for the automation of the onboard equipment. Sadly, it doesn't ckver the communication problem, we still need voltage source, signal generators, modulators there, and they all are electronics so far. Although it could be still useful since you would only need to cool a small part of the internals.
Its so interesting to see these photos of venus, it feels so similar yet so distant, it looks like earth yet it also looks like something you have never seen before, it gives off a really eerie feeling, but i love it!
Erie for sure, but inspiring as well. I would love for us to go learn even more!
I just wonder if Venus was like Earth once before something went so wrong that it changed the planet forever.
@@retro8696Imagine if we found fossils of single-celled life native to Venus from millions or tens of millions of years ago. 😮
It's always incredible to see the kind of achievements we can achieve with the willpower to overcome obstacles, and this probe is a clear example of that. Great video, I got emotional with the moment that shows the real photos of Venus
I get a little emotional myself. Incredible stuff. Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed it!
The Venera missions were always fascinating to me. Truly incredible what people could achieve with 60s and 70s tech.
I've never heard about this space mission. Its quite fascinating that the Soviets were able to accomplish this while they were also busy competing in lunar projects
Soviets were so determined to land on Venus designing next probes and they came up with genius ideas that can solve their problems. I love how you show us things that not many people know about.
I find the Venera programme the most fascinating of all space expeditions. It's the combination of their technical disadvantages over the west, the era they did it, the level of success and the shocking conditions on the planet itself. Also the lack of recognition they got for this stunning achievement.
i think the venera lineup is a gigant feet of engineering. that during the 60s to 80s where able to do something like that... it feel unbelivable, but its real and i love it. it felt like they went above and beyond to get onto venus. the cameras, parashute, landing. its all so amazing to think what humans can do. we can get to planets and land on them if we work together. but we can also tear each other apart with engineering. but its still so amazing. i just wish i can one day be up there and be a part of history, and see the beauty of the human mind.
How cool! The melting ring on the parachute of venera 7 was so ingenious and such an elegant solution. It’s a bummer that it didn’t work in the end. And it is so funny that for the subsequent missions they decided just to scrap the parachute.😂 I love how they went towards the unknown and iterate the design with what thy learned on the way until they succeeded without giving up.
At 90 bar, the air is more like a liquid anyway.
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@@molybdaen11 if there was such pressure on the ground, then a person could fly waving a fan
@@borfer9366 A person would be death long before reaching the ground.
The Venera probes were the first space probes to ever take images on the surface of another planet I hope to see highly detailed images of the surface of Venus and other planets in the future
Sad that, after all of this time and so many missions, we do not have any streaming cameras on the moon, Venus, or Mars.
@@itoibo4208 speed of light delay
@@erkinalp the delay is not a problem. it is the lack of any streaming video for people to see "live" video from other places. Even when elon musk launched his car into space, he did not bother leaving us a camera to look through. :/ I wonder how much security issues prevent cameras from being placed in earth orbit. surely, though, we do not have secrets out at jupiter and saturn and uranus.
Maybe the new president of the Republic of Texas, Elon Musk, will do it
Amazing to see how long ago those missions were. That era of space exploration was top tier. Wished we still had that moxie to do that again. The Veneras were the definition of badass and hopefully we can send more missions there.
The fact that they managed to combine so many high-end technologies making them so resistant to such a big pressure and heat already 50 years ago is amazing!
Be it Soviets or the US. These kind of space race is helping the science community as a whole and that's simply amazing It's really exciting hear stories of their hardwork and their journey to tackle every problem
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@@purple.requiem -some random kid with parents that are more oppressive than Josef Stalin himself
@@ace74909 yeah those westerners or eastern Europeans won't stop yapping at every USSR related thing. USSR was a country of people. It's not just communism. Same goes to USA and China.
@@purple.requiem isn't it funny that westerners love to say that all those countries are "bad" and then they forget that stereotypical Asian parents are a thing
@@ace74909 government can be bad. In fact all governments are bad. But a country cannot be "bad".
The Venera probes captivate me as the most intriguing space technology. They unveil the mysteries of Venus, providing a glimpse of its harsh environment. What astounds me even more is that this feat was accomplished nearly 50 years ago. I thoroughly enjoy your videos; please keep up the excellent work!
Too bad post soviet roscosmos stopped sending landers to all planets. the only recent one was a moon lander that failed
The Venera Program showed one main difference between the USSR and US during the Cold War - the USSR was more interested in research, exploration, and learning. For the US, the Space Race was more of a challenge between two powers - if they learned something along the way, so be it. This may sound pessimistic, but as the video ended - it has been almost 50 years and we still know more about Venus due to the Venera Program than any other planet. This shows the limitations of US interest in the Space Race: they basically stopped exploration after the fall of the USSR in 1991. Note: the USSR had pretty cool stamps for their Space Program - Venera being some of the more interesting.
That's right, but unfortunately, the rise of capitalists to power in Russia has shifted the Russian space industry to the commercial plane. Therefore, most of the research programs have been curtailed, and the industry has degraded.
That depends on what you value in space research. Just as people learn about the USSR's undervalued achievements, the tendency to turn around and overly-diminish Western ones (especially ESA ones) happens too. Around the time of the USSR's fall and after we've had (off the top of my head) the ISS, Hubble (replaced by James Webb), continued Space Shuttle, the Mars rovers, New Horizons, Cassini, and NASA contracting private sector SpaceX if you count that etc. These may not be the big budget, awe-inspiring firsts of the Cold War, but it's hard to justify said budgets to an increasingly cynical public, compared to the USSR which could throw money into military and science research regardless of public opinion. Recently this has begun to turn around with Artemis thankfully.
This is quite literally not true, most of the stuff they’ve done before the moon landing was very much done for political purposes. The Sputnik one was massively scaled back so it could be launched much sooner especially compared to the explorer. Leonov almost died during the space walk because of poor design, they hold the record for the first people to die in space and their lunar missions were just a disaster. NASA was always more focused on mars than Venus that’s all.
mate, that's literally the opposite, the US was both interested in the research as well as taking the fight to the soviets, and the ussr was simply doing it for the propaganda, to make thier people happy
I think that the Venera space probes represent an incredible achievement in space exploration, and i love the fact that they decided to explore such a fascinating and mysterious planet like Venus
I think it’s pretty crazy how so many people overlook this achievement of the Soviets and a lot of other Soviet astronomical achievements in general. I wonder how it must have felt for them to see this terrifying planet for the first time, and learn of the hellish conditions that completely subverted their expectations. Thank you for this opportunity!
usually it goes like: USSR - first satelite, first man in space, first space station, and then boom USA landed on moon - USA won space race. FIN
@orihoney2288 also nobody says anything about Mir - the "prototype" of ISS and Mars landings
@vanad1um ISS were basically made to force Russia to sink Mir, cuz USSR made pretty big station there
@@tsugumorihoney2288first space station barely counts since it killed its crew.
@d33pblu3 1st is 1st, no matter what, u muricans likes to make excuses when you are not first
the soviets spaces craft made us see the planet for the first time and i appreciate them a lot
The pictures of venus, i feel, are the most breathtaking photos of any space photos. The surface looks so alien and hostile.
Incredible stuff! I've seen the pictures before, but never anything about the landers themselves. Really great video! And Venera is such an amazing program with such an incredible tempo and frequency! Would love to see an interest in Venus again!
I think the probes where an amazing piece of technology for their time, and I'm surprised we haven't done more on Venus in the last decades.
in the last half a century lol
What's the point? That would be a lot of money for just a cool factor. Russia is now waging war and NASA is trying to set-up a moonbase in next 1 to 2 years so there is no point wasting money on Venus.
There's too much other stuff out there that's cheaper and easier to do. Instead of Venus, we've sent tons of stuff to Mars, sent very sophisticated probes to Jupiter and Saturn, visited Mercury, Ceres, Vesta, Uranus and Neptune, visited and returned samples from several asteroids, and even sent a probe to Pluto. Plus there's that whole walking on the moon thing, which we're gearing up to do again. And that's just the planetary stuff - we've done tons of non-planetary missions on top of all that. The US did send probes to the surface of Venus, and one survived there for an hour. No cameras, though. And there's the balloons the Soviets sent with the Vega missions, all the radar mapping that's been done, etc. Less attention than Mars has gotten, but still better than poor Mercury that everyone forgets about. There are some Venus missions under development, including another Venera mission. Hopefully they'll happen.
@@jeffspaulding9834 we have also focused a lot on space here around the planet for communications and probably warfare. GPS and communication satellite technology has certainly changed the world in amazing ways. The people even 50 years ago would be amazed at how we all have pocket computers and navigation and phones as well in them. We have to focus our attention on some things, as money and time are limited, but I surely would love to see us doing manned missions to other planets as soon as possible, instead of fighting wars here on Earth.
@@jeffspaulding9834 several asteroids? we have just collected samples from bennu, and no usa spacecraft has ever landed on venus, just orbiters... But in the future there will be a usa mission, called DAVINCI+ and the other that I just forgot the name... And the Soviets landed the first rover to mars, altough it just survived for 20 seconds, it did landed successfully, and most people consider it a partial success, also the soviet union landed a probe on the moon first, around 4 months before the USA landed its probe on both 1966. And also, the Soviets didn't went for the "easy" part, landing on venus for nearly an hour was an insane achievement.
I'm really impressed that the Soviets landed on Venus not one, or even two, but eight times. That's pretty persistent, especially since they went there initially thinking that it was similar to Earth only to immediately discover that it was far from it. Plus, the probes were ingenious, especially the cooling system and the descent control systems.
Space craft, and probes have always amused me. The quality of the picture taken on another planet at that time is absolutely stunning.
Never know anything about Venus at all. The USSR truly did amazing discoveries in space, we should be thankful. Thank you Primal Space for this video :)
The Venera Program is not only a technological marvel but an often overlooked one. I really wish more people knew about it.
I found it very interesting how successful the USSR space program was. They got some of the first living things and objects in space, and they were able to send the very first probe to another planet and actually successfully land it. They honestly deserve much more credit than they are given. This was a really interesting video to watch, great job!
The first Earth organims to intentially reach space were fruitflies. They were launched by NACA (nowadays NASA) on February 20, 1947 using a V2-rocket and crossed the 100 Km Karman line and reached an altitude of 107 Km. The first organism to reach low earth orbit was the dog Laika on Nov 3, 1957 launched by Roscosmos.
Most of the Soviet space accomplishments were just that: accomplishments. They weren’t for science, Sputnik was literally a circle that beeped every so often. If u look at the U.S. satilite it had many tests on it and was more complex.
They did all the hard work themself. Many, many rocket's and probes does not worked as intended. But they learned they lessons and improved the designs, production and quality control.
@@Amradar123 Tiny correction: By that time the Roscosmos was called ОКБ-1 and later on - RKK "Energiya".
@@Amradar123 Роскосмоса в 1957-м году не было, это не советская корпорация а российская. Появилась в 1992-м
I'd say the thing I like most about the Vennera space program is the ingenuity and the fortitude of the scientists to see it through to the end. Their persistence gave us a chance to see into the veil of Venus. It gave us the possibility to see a world much like our own, but yet so different. My favorite kind of space exploration. :)
The Vanera space probe represents a remarkable feat of human ingenuity and scientific exploration. Its mission to explore distant celestial bodies, whether planets, moons, or asteroids, provides invaluable insights into the mysteries of our universe.
Its hard to believe that these type of space missions has done at that time truly mind blowing
Its so easy to forget the abilities of the engineers and scientists in the Soviet era. If I were tasked with launching a rocket successfully, and navigating through the VAST emptiness of the solar system in order to hit a moving target from another moving target, all just with the accuracy and orbital observations of a dot in the sky it would already be close to impossible... and they managed to do it without modern computers, which is just insane!!🤯 The achievements made in space flight the 1960's deserve so much more acknowledgement than it has...
Shepard made it to space using the same guidance system Wernher von Braun used to get his V2 rockets to hit London with. You can manage a lot with gyroscopes.
@@Edax_Royeaux Exactly... its just wierd how there is this disparity in tech advancements... what we could call "rocket science" existed in pretty much its current form for almost 80 years, even though there has been a TON of other advancements in countless other fields made since the 1950's But even then, space flight remains in our perception as this ultra-futuristic thing... If we compare our lives today to the 2010's... or the 2010's to the 2000's there are NOTICABLE differences... and you wouldn't expect advanced space flight to have occurred as early as it did
This is a pretty interesting video. Love your content, Reminds me a lot of Yarnhub and Kurzgesagt mixed together. This is actually my first time hearing about the venera program, let alone the soviets getting to venus first. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much! It means a lot that you enjoyed the video. I had a lot of fun making this one. A topic I've always been very interested in and looked forward to sharing on the channel.
these always get me very excited about space, thank you Primal Space!
I find it quite interesting how all the great achievements of man are often credited to NASA, while Roscosmos achieved so many feats before NASA even got close.
Probably because getting 2 man on the Moon to gather samples and back is infinitely harder than getting a probe on the surface of Venus. NASA was also first on Mars, first time humans sent something to another planet. While what Soviets did was amazing, what NASA did was a lot harder.
@@MartinWasTakensoviets sent the first spacecraft to the moon and took pictures of it before america could deploy any of their spaceships to the moon, still nonetheless NASA also made incredible achievements in the space race
@@shad0wg4ming85lol landing a human on another celestial is harder
@@abhinavsarma9585 landing a probe in Venus is way harder than landing men on the moon
@@racudo1898 na
That audio at th end from venus gave me chills for a moment! Holy moly.
Me too! Pretty amazing to listen in on.
@@primalspacecan you do Mars Pathfinder from 1997
Just discovered your channel and I'm so glad I did!! Great stuff!! I didn't know anything about the venera program before so thanks for the vid!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video.
7:46 ASMR venera spaceprobe
Simple and efficient design at is best! Nicely done. That recording if the surface makes me shiver every time lol.
Me as well. Pretty amazing. Thanks so much for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
It was magical to see such beautiful 3D renderings of the Venera project. Astonishing! Great video!
It is simply astounding we have never done this since and they did it in the 70s...
I am impressed with the clearness engineering devices and resources are expressed in this video. Congratulations (for Italian translation too).
Thank you so much 🙏 So glad you enjoyed it.
Wow, I've never heard of the Venera program! It's so incredible how these engineering marvels were able to overcome the haunting world of Venus. Would love to see more programs today put together to allow us greater insight into our sister planet and history.
I feel the venera explorations show how our first guesses about the world's around us really can be drastically wrong but teach us more about how our universe works
That parachute design is pure genius. As an engineer, I simply love the chord idea. Thank you for this amazing video
And thank you for watching. So glad you enjoyed it!
This video is amazing and educational. It shows the incredible achievements of the Soviet Venera program, which explored Venus with probes that survived the harsh conditions. I admire the scientists and engineers who made this possible. Thank you!!
By far one of my favorite channels on yt. The stories and science and animations are so well done and explained! I really appreciate what you do here, it’s awesome!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad that you enjoy the channel and my content. It really means a lot.
The Venera missions were awesome, thanks for shedding light on them!
This has been one of the most exciting videos I have discovered. Why haven't I seen your channel before? Keep up the great work.🥺
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you stumbled across my channel and enjoyed the video! Cheers!
It's so neat to see the functionality of these devices and the timeline of improvement.
The sequence where the venera 14 real audio came up with the animation, i actually teared up a bit Amazing to think that we have landed a probe in another world and taken photos alongside sound recordings of it.
Great video. But I would have loved it to be a lot longer, detailing everything :)
The venera probes have a very interesting story! Really glad I found your channel! Subscribed!
So glad you did as well. Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel!
This is so well made. Thank you sor much for this knowledge
wtfish did i just watch!! wooooww!! this is increadible!!! i am soo curious about this space venera mission and today i can watch it over and over!! love itt!! very appreciated ya making this so fine like television documentaries X)
So glad you enjoyed this one! I truly feel like Venera doesn't get the recognition it deserves. Thanks so much for watching and good luck in the giveaway!
Sad that soviet advancements in space travel are overshadowed by the US "winning" the space race. The Soviet scientists did a lot to help our understanding of space and the universe as a whole.
This is a very well-made short documentary video, I'm very impressed. Always glad to see videos about Soviet space achievements that aren't just ''first people to space'' and Sputnik-related, namely the Mir space station project and the Venera missions that were covered in this video were really awesome and worth talking about more. Glad to have stumbled upon this. Man do I just adore Soviet engineers' insane ingenuity in their iterational designs, and the Venera project is a perfect example of exactly that.
I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed this topic. I have always really enjoyed learning about Venera and was excited to share. Thanks for watching and good luck in the giveaway!
Really interesting! We need to go back and get some more footage!
I'm Russian and I'm very grateful for this video. Soviet regime was far from perfect, but scientific and engineering achievements were huge, especially in field of space exploration I'm glad more people are getting to know about the legacy of Soviet space program. I hope, some day in the future Russia will go back to sending rockets to space and not to our neighbors...
I love the Venera program, I remember my father showing me pictures of it. It is so special and crazy to think about how we humans are able to send things to other planets and even communicate with them.
I am so impressed on how simple and at the same time complex, the solutions were found to send us those stunning pictures and audio. I am really fascinated by those datas, they feels so commons and also so "out of our worl".