S1E578 - We Landed On "Hell" (And Survived): The Soviet Mission To Venus
Published: January 12, 2026
Duration: 31:26
We always pictured Venus as Earth’s "twin sister"—a lush, tropical jungle hiding under the clouds. But when the Soviet Union finally landed there, they didn't find paradise. They found Hell. 🌋💀
While the US was busy playing golf on the Moon, the Soviet Venera Program was attempting the impossible: landing a robot on a planet that wanted to kill it.
In this episode, we uncover the wild, untold story of the Cold War space race to Venus. We are talking about a world where the atmospheric pressure will crush a submarine, it rains sulfuric a...
While the US was busy playing golf on the Moon, the Soviet Venera Program was attempting the impossible: landing a robot on a planet that wanted to kill it.
In this episode, we uncover the wild, untold story of the Cold War space race to Venus. We are talking about a world where the atmospheric pressure will crush a submarine, it rains sulfuric a...