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Venus probes
See Venera 1-16, Zond 1, Mariner 1, 2, 5, and 10, Pioneer Venus 1 and 2, Magellan, and Venus Express.
| Chronology of Venus exploration | ||
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| Mission | Launch date | Notes |
| Sputnik 7 | Feb. 4, 1961 | Attempted impact |
| Venera 1 (Sputnik 8) | Feb 12, 1961 | Flyby; contact lost |
| Mariner 1 | Jul. 22, 1962 | Attempted flyby; launch failure |
| Sputnik 19 | Aug. 25, 1962 | Attempted flyby |
| Mariner 2 | Aug. 27, 1962 | Flyby |
| Sputnik 20 | Sep. 1, 1962 | Attempted flyby |
| Sputnik 21 | Sep. 12, 1962 | Attempted flyby |
| Cosmos 21 | Nov. 11, 1963 | Possible attempted Venera test flight |
| Venera 1964A | Feb. 19, 1964 | Attempted flyby; launch failure |
| Venera 1964B | Mar. 1, 1964 | Attempted flyby; launch failure |
| Cosmos 27 | Mar. 27, 1964 | Attempted flyby |
| Zond 1 | Apr. 2, 1964 | Flyby; contact lost |
| Venera 2 | Nov. 12, 1965 | Flyby; contact lost |
| Venera 3 | Nov. 16, 1965 | Lander; contact lost |
| Cosmos 96 | Nov. 23, 1965 | Possible attempted lander |
| Venus 1965A | Nov. 23, 1965 | Attempted flyby; launch failure |
| Venera 4 | Jun. 12, 1967 | Descent probe |
| Mariner 5 | Jun. 14, 1967 | Flyby |
| Cosmos 167 | Jun. 17, 1967 | Attempted descent probe |
| Venera 5 | Jan. 5, 1969 | Descent probe |
| Venera 6 | Jan. 10, 1969 | Descent probe |
| Venera 7 | Aug. 17, 1970 | Lander |
| Cosmos 359 | Aug. 22, 1970 | Attempted probe |
| Venera 8 | Mar. 27, 1972 | Lander |
| Cosmos 482 | Mar. 31, 1972 | Attempted probe |
| Mariner 10 | Nov. 3, 1973 | Venus/Mercury flybys |
| Venera 9 | Jun. 8, 1975 | Orbiter and lander |
| Venera 10 | Jun. 14, 1975 | Orbiter and lander |
| Pioneer Venus 1 | May 20, 1978 | Orbiter |
| Pioneer Venus 2 | Aug. 8, 1978 | Multiprobes |
| Venera 11 | Sep. 9, 1978 | Orbiter and lander |
| Venera 12 | Sep. 14, 1978 | Orbiter and lander |
| Venera 13 | Oct. 30, 1981 | Orbiter and lander |
| Venera 14 | Nov. 4, 1981 | Orbiter and lander |
| Venera 15 | Jun. 2, 1983 | Orbiter |
| Venera 16 | Jun. 7, 1983 | Orbiter |
| Vega 1 | Dec. 15, 1984 | Lander and balloon/comet Halley flyby |
| Vega 2 | Dec. 21, 1984 | Lander and balloon/comet Halley flyby |
| Magellan | May 4, 1989 | Orbiter |
| Galileo | Oct. 18, 1989 | Flyby; Jupiter orbiter and probe |
| Cassini | Oct. 15, 1997 | Flyby; Saturn orbiter |
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