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12 February 2024
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Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.12.2.1961
Wikipedia (25 Feb 2013)
Venera 1, or Venera-1VA No.2 was the first spacecraft to fly past Venus, as part of the Soviet Union's Venera programme.
Launched in February 1961, it flew past Venus on 19 May of the same
year, however radio contact with the probe was lost before the flyby,
resulting in it returning no data.
