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Venera 13

Target Name:  Venus
Spacecraft:  Venera 13
Produced by:  Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences

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Venera 13 landed on Venus on March 1, 1982. It returned black and white, and the first color panoramic views of the Venusian surface. It also conducted soil analysis using an x-ray fluorescence spectrometer. The sample was determined to be leucite basalt, a rare rock type on the Earth.

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