Space Daily July 20, 2026 • 01:30

In 1970, Venera 7 appeared to fall silent when it hit Venus, but engineers later found 23 minutes of faint radio data buried in the recording — the first transmission ever received from the surface of another planet - Space Daily

What ground control dismissed as static turned out to be humanity's first whisper from another world.

Venera 7s radio signal appeared to end when the Soviet capsule reached Venus on 15 December 1970. The strong descent transmission dropped at impact, leaving what ground stations initially treated as … [+7133 chars]

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In 1970, Venera 7 appeared to fall silent when it hit Venus, but engineers later found 23 minutes of faint radio data buried in the recording — the first transmission ever received from the surface of another planet - Space Daily

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