Talk:Venera

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[edit] claim about 'first to record sound'

There was a claim that Venera 13 was the first probe to record sound from another world, and huygens was the second. this appears to be false, so i removed it. there were devices that recorded signals that may have been converted into sound, but they were probably only earlier Venera probes as well.. either way, it seems false. 82.6.96.66 (talk) 00:55, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] merging venera 13 and 14 articles

also, i've suggested a merge of the Venera 13 and Venera 14 articles in Venera 13 and 14 (similar to Mariner 6 and 7). comments would be welcome. 82.6.96.66 (talk) 00:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] scope of "venera program"

it isn't clear to me whether probes like Sputnik 19 should be included in this article. It flew to venus, and was a soviet probe similar to the venera probes.. does that mean it should be hear? right now it is included in the table, but not in the "venera probes" section. i suggest that it shouldn't be here, and only the probes with "venera" in there names should be in the table at the end, but i don't know much about it. 82.6.96.66 (talk) 01:22, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

It is not uncommon in the Soviet space program to not officially name spacecraft that did not make it. Spunik 19 was a Venera-type spacecraft even though it did not carry the name "Venera." I believe it should stay. Andy120290 (talk) 01:37, 10 February 2008 (UTC)