Pparadela on June 6th, 2021 at 22:59 UTC »
According to Wikipedia: "The lander functioned for at least 57 minutes (the planned design life was 32 minutes) in an environment with a temperature of 465 °C (869 °F) and a pressure of 94 Earth atmospheres (9.5 MPa)."
What an absolute beast of a machine.
LJ_Wanderer on June 7th, 2021 at 01:02 UTC »
This was the best Soviet space mission. Very impressive even by today's standards.
j_la on June 7th, 2021 at 02:52 UTC »
We see a lot of Mars lately
It’s wild that this is now a mundane thing to say.
Pparadela on June 6th, 2021 at 22:59 UTC »
According to Wikipedia: "The lander functioned for at least 57 minutes (the planned design life was 32 minutes) in an environment with a temperature of 465 °C (869 °F) and a pressure of 94 Earth atmospheres (9.5 MPa)."
What an absolute beast of a machine.
LJ_Wanderer on June 7th, 2021 at 01:02 UTC »
This was the best Soviet space mission. Very impressive even by today's standards.
j_la on June 7th, 2021 at 02:52 UTC »
It’s wild that this is now a mundane thing to say.