In 1970, the Soviet probe Venera 7 landed on the planet Venus.

Venera 7 was a probe of the Venera program, built by NPO Lavochkin. It lifted off on August 17, 1970, on a Molniya-M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31. It weighed 1,180 kilograms at launch and 500 kilograms on landing.