Venera 7 lander and parachute
Engineering model, 1970
Venera 7 performed the first ever controlled landing on the surface of another planet. The spacecraft survived for 23 minutes on the surface of Venus, defying temperatures of almost 500 degrees Celsius. The Venera spacecraft design had been strengthened over several missions to resist the immense pressure, acidity and searing temperatures of Vensus's atmosphere.
Taken from the Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition at the Science Museum (September 2015 to March 2016).
Venera 7 lander and parachute
Engineering model, 1970
Venera 7 performed the first ever controlled landing on the surface of another planet. The spacecraft survived for 23 minutes on the surface of Venus, defying temperatures of almost 500 degrees Celsius. The Venera spacecraft design had been strengthened over several missions to resist the immense pressure, acidity and searing temperatures of Vensus's atmosphere.
Taken from the Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition at the Science Museum (September 2015 to March 2016).