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uniliening and the Soviet Hello, God, Hello and welcome.

This is Michael And you're listening to Episode 292 of the Space Rocket

History podcast. And now, Space 1970, Venera 7.

1970 was a good year for the Soviet Union and their growing space program.

Recall the unmanned moon missions covered on the previous episode

when on September 24th, Luna 16 returned to the Earth with the first lunar soil samples taken by an automated probe,

and then two months later, Luna 17 carried

the first unmanned rover, the Nakhad 1, to the lunar surface.

The multi-wheeled robot spent the next year exploring the Sea of Rains.

But the moon wasn't the only celestial body being explored by the Soviets in 1970.

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