Vintage Venera Soviet Union Launch Vehicle Mission to Venus Pin Badge
Vintage Venera Soviet Union Launch Vehicle Mission to Venus Pin Badge
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- This is a very pretty, 1960's, space themed pin badge celebrating the successful launch of the Venera 1 space probe. A gold coloured metal badge, the badge face is 1.8cm high and has a safety clasp style fastener to the rear. Featuring the text EARTH VENERA CCCP
- Venera 1 and Venera 2 were intended to fly past Venus without entering orbit. Venera 1 was launched on 12 February 1961. Telemetry on the probe failed seven days after launch. It is believed to have passed within 100,000 km (62,000 mi) of Venus and remains in heliocentric orbit. Venera 2 launched on 12 November 1965, but also suffered a telemetry failure after leaving Earth orbit.