Venera 13 photos from the surface of Venus

[ElliotSmith]

In 1982, the USSR sent a space probe named Venera 13 to land on the planet Venus.

The lander lasted only two hours before succumbing to the extreme temperatures and crushing pressures on the surface of Venus, but not before it sent back these stunning photographs.

 

[member 656954]

Venera 13 was one of a series of Soviet missions to Venus, and was coupled by Venera 14. Two identical probes launched five days apart that each lasted beyond their expected life on the surface, an absolute technological tour de force.

More photos from these missions can be found at Don P. Mitchell's website.

 

[ElliotSmith]

Venera 13 was one of a series of Soviet missions to Venus, and was coupled by Venera 14. Two identical probes launched five days apart that each lasted beyond their expected life on the surface, an absolute technological tour de force.

More photos from these missions can be found at Don P. Mitchell's website.

Do you think that there will be future probe missions to Venus with specially designed reinforced and heat-insulated lander craft which will last significantly longer?

 

[member 656954]

There are a number of planned missions to Venus, and they all require especially designed craft to survive the hostile environment of space and within the atmosphere. Check out this Wikipedia page for the more than a dozen that are on the drawing board, comprising both orbiters and landers.

It's unlikely they will all proceed (and especially NASA's High Altitude Venus Operational Concept - HAVOC- because it's crewed, so that's decades away at best) but I particularly like their robotic Venus rover, Zephyr, that is wind propelled and intended to roam around for almost two months. The artists impression makes it look like a solar powered skate board with a sail to me