| Time (UTC/GMT+0) | Mission | Event |
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| Venera 1 | Contact lost 3 month before planned Venus fluby at 100,000km. |
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| Mariner 1 | Planned Venus flyby. Launch failure. |
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| Sputnik 19 | Planned Venus flyby. Failed to leave Earth orbit. |
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| Mariner 2 | Venus flyby at 34,773km. |
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| Sputnik 20 | Planned Venus lander. Failed to leave Earth orbit. |
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| Sputnik 21 | Planned Venus flyby. Exploded in Earth orbit. |
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| Cosmos 21 | Planned Venus flyby. Failed to leave Earth orbit. |
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| Venera 1964A | Planned Venus flyby. Launch failure. |
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| Venera 1964B | Planned Venus flyby. Launch failure. |
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| Cosmos 27 | Planned Venus flyby. Failed to leave Earth orbit. |
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| Zond 1 | Attempted Venus flyby. Contact lost enroute |
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| Venera 2 | Attempted Venus capsule. Contact lost enroute |
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| Venera 3 | Attempted Venus landing. Contact lost enroute |
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| Venera 1965A | Planned Venus flyby. Launch failure. |
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| Cosmos 96 | Planned Venus lander. Exploded in Earth orbit. |
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| Venera 4 | Venus capsule |
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| Mariner 5 | Venus flyby |
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| Cosmos 167 | Planned entry into Venus athmosphere. Failed to leaver Earth orbit. |
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| Venera 5 | Venus capsule |
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| Venera 6 | Venus capsule |
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| Venera 7 | Venus capsule/surface impact |
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| Cosmos 359 | Failed Venus probe. |
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| Venera 8 | Venus capsule |
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| Cosmos 482 | Failed Venus Probe. |
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| 1974-02-05 17:01 | Mariner 10 | Venus Fly-by - first gravity assist by a spacecraft to reach another planet (5,768 km) |
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| Venera 9 | Venus orbiter and lander |
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| Venera 10 | Venus orbiter and lander |
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| Pioneer Venus 2 | Venus capsules |
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| Venera 11 | Venus lander |
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| Venera 12 | Venus lander |
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| 1978-12-04 | Pioneer Venus 1 | Venus orbit insertion. Periapsis held between 142km and 253km |
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| Venera 13 | Venus lander |
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| Venera 14 | Venus lander |
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| Venera 15 | Venus orbiter |
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| Venera 16 | Venus orbiter |
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| 1985-06-11 02:01:37 | Vega 1 | Balloon atmospheric release. Pulled out of storage compartment (61km altitude. 8N 177E) |
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| 1985-06-11 03:02:54 | Vega 1 | Lander touchdown at 7.5N 177.7E |
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| 1985-06-11 | Vega 1 | Bus flyby at Venus (39,000km) enroute to Halley |
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| 1985-06-15 | Vega 2 | Landing on Venus. 1500km SE of Vega 1 landing spot |
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| 1985-06-15 | Vega 2 | Bus flyby at Venus (24500km) enroute to Halley |
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| Magellan | Venus orbiter |
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| 1990-02-10 | Galileo | Venus Flyby (16,000 km) |
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| 1998-04-26 13:44 | Cassini | Venus Fly-By 1 (6,336 km) |
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| 1999-06-24 20:29 | Cassini | Venus Fly-By 2 (6,655 km) |
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| 2006-04-11 07:17 | Venus Express | VOI orbit insertion burn starts |
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| 2006-10-24 08:34:00 | MESSENGER | Venus Flyby 1 (2987km alt.) |
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| 2007-06-05 23:08:19 | MESSENGER | Venus Flyby 2 (338km alt.) |
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| 2012-12-31 | Venus Express | Current mission end |
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