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Venera 8 Target Name:   Venus Spacecraft:   Venera 8 Produced by:   Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences Related Document Venera 8 Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size venera8.gif GIF 385 x 382 146K Venera 8 arrived at Venus on July 22, 1972. It measure wind speed variations as it descended through the atmosphere: 100 meters/second above 48 kilometers, 40-47 meter s/second at 42-48 kilometers, and 1 meter/second below 10 kilometers. It returned data for 50 minutes after it landed.

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