Editing List of Solar System probes (section)

=== 1961–1969 ===
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! colspan="2"  style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft
!  style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization
!  style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date
!  style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type
!  style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status
!  style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes
!  style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image
!  style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Tyazhely Sputnik ]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]])
| 4 February 1961
| lander
| failure
| failed to escape from Earth orbit
|
| {{COSPAR|1961-002A}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]])
| 19 May 1961&nbsp;–<br />20 May 1961
| flyby
| failure
| contact lost 7 days after launch; first spacecraft to fly by another planet
|
| {{COSPAR|1961-003A}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 1]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| 22 July 1962
| flyby
| failure
| guidance failure shortly after launch
|
| {{COSPAR|MARIN1}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Sputnik 19]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]])
| 25 August 1962
| lander
| failure
| failed to escape Earth orbit
|
| {{COSPAR|1962-040A}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Sputnik 20]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]])
| 1 September 1962
| lander
| failure
| failed to escape Earth orbit
|
| {{COSPAR|1962-043A}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Sputnik 21]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]])
| 12 September 1962
| flyby
| failure
| third stage exploded
|
| {{COSPAR|1962-045A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 2]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| 14 December 1962
| flyby
| success
| first successful Venus flyby; minimum distance 34,773&nbsp;km
| [[File:Mariner 2 in space.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1962-041A}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 21]]''<sup>†</sup>
| {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]])
| 11 November 1963
| flyby
| failure
| failed to escape Earth orbit
|
| {{COSPAR|1963-044A}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1964A]]''<sup>†</sup>
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 19 February 1964
| flyby
| failure
| failed to reach Earth orbit
|
| <ref name=tentative />

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1964B]]''<sup>†</sup>
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 1 March 1964
| flyby
| failure
| failed to reach Earth orbit
|
| <ref name=tentative />

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 27]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]])
| 27 March 1964
| flyby
| failure
| failed to escape Earth orbit
|
| {{COSPAR|1964-014A}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Zond 1]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 1964
| flyby and possible lander
| failure
| contact lost en route
|
| {{COSPAR|1964-016D}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 96]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 23 November 1965
| lander
| failure
| did not depart low Earth orbit due to a launch failure
|
| {{COSPAR|1965-094A}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1965A]]''<sup>†</sup>
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 26 November 1965
| flyby
| failure
| launch vehicle failure?
|
| <ref name=tentative />

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 2]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 27 February 1966
| flyby
| failure
| ceased to operate en route
|
| {{COSPAR|1965-091A}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 3]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 1 March 1966
| lander
| failure
| contact lost before arrival; first spacecraft to impact on the surface of another planet
|
| {{COSPAR|1965-092A}}

|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Kosmos 167]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 17 June 1967
| lander
| failure
| failed to escape Earth orbit
|
| {{COSPAR|1967-063A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 4]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 18 October 1967
| atmospheric probe
| success
| continued to transmit to an altitude of 25&nbsp;km
|
| {{COSPAR|1967-058A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 5]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| 19 October 1967
| flyby
| success
| minimum distance 5,000&nbsp;km
| [[File:Mariner 5.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1967-060A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 5]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 16 May 1969
| atmospheric probe
| success
| transmitted atmospheric data for 53 minutes, to an altitude of about 26&nbsp;km
|
| {{COSPAR|1969-001A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 6]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 17 May 1969
| atmospheric probe
| success
| transmitted atmospheric data for 51 minutes, to an altitude of perhaps 10–12&nbsp;km
|
| {{COSPAR|1969-002A}}

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