1821: "Venus and Venera 13"

Interesting Things with JC #1821: "Venus & Venera 13" — On March 1, 1982, the Soviet Venera 13 probe landed on Venus, where temperatures reached 855°F and atmospheric pressure was nearly 90 times Earth's. Designed to survive for at least 32 minutes, the spacecraft continued transmitting long beyond its expected operating time, capturing the first color photographs from another planet's surface while conducting scientific experiments in one of the most hostile environments ever explored.