Skip to main content

HEASARC's web sites were down from Saturday Oct 24 - Weds Oct 28 due to addressing the PHP security vulnerability issue.


Venera Gallery

photo of Venera 13 in a museum

* Venera 13 mockup at the Cosmos Pavillion in Moscow. The lander module in the foreground would sit inside the brown sphere atop the Venera spacecraft (background).

* Landing sequence for the Venera spacecraft

* Venera 8 during prelaunch testing


Photograph of the Venera 13 mockup at the Cosmos Pavillion in Moscow is courtesy of Sky & Telescope. The illustration of the Venera spacecraft landing sequences is courtesy of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
[About Venera 11 & 12] [About Venera 13 & 14]