Venera-series spacecraft reference images
Venera-1		Venera-3

This page contains reference images for the Venera-series spacecraft. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.

Venera was occasionally called Venusik by western media, or known as Venus, by direct translation.

Spacecraft (Spacecraft Bus*)	Launch Date(s)	Reference Image(s)*
Venera (Russia/USSR)
Venera-(1a) (1VA #1) / Sputnik-7 [failed] Venera-1 (1VA #2) / Sputnik-8	1961-02-04 1961-02-12	(See also Mars-1)
Venera-(2a) (2MV-1 #1) / Sputnik-19 [failed] Venera-(2b) (2MV-1 #2) / Sputnik-20 [failed]	1962-08-25 1962-09-01
Venera-(2c) (2MV-2 #1) / Sputnik-21 [failed]	1962-09-12	No image available
Venera-(2d) (3MV1 #1) / Kosmos-27 [failed]	1964-03-27
Venera-2 (3MV-4 #3) Venera-(4a) (3MV-4 #4) / Kosmos-96 [failed]	1965-11-12 1965-11-23
Venera-3 (3MV-3 #1)	1965-11-16
Venera-4 (V-67 #1) Venera-(5a) (V-67 #2) / Kosmos-167 [failed]	1967-06-12 1967-06-17	(capsule)
Venera-5 (V-69 #1) Venera-6 (V-69 #2)	1969-01-05 1969-01-10
Venera-7 (V-70 #1) Venera-(8a) (V-70 #2) / Kosmos-359 [failed]	1970-08-17 1970-08-22	(capsule) (capsule)
Venera-8 (V-72 #1) Venera-(9a) (V-72 #2) / Kosmos-482 [failed]	1972-03-27 1972-03-31
Venera-9 (4V1 #1) Venera-10 (4V1 #2) Venera-11 (4V1 #3) Venera-12 (4V1 #4)	1975-06-08 1975-06-14 1978-09-09 1978-09-14	(lander) (lander and orbiter)
Venera-13 (4V1M #1) Venera-14 (4V1M #2)	1981-10-30 1981-11-04	(lander)
Venera-15 (4V2 #1) Venera-16 (4V2 #2)	1983-06-02 1983-06-07

^*Spacecraft bus designations and reference images were obtained from Gunter's Space Page.

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