Editing List of Solar System probes (section)

=== 1970–1978 ===
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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" | ''[[Kosmos 359|Cosmos 359]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 22 August 1970
| lander
| failure
| failed to escape Earth orbit
|
| {{COSPAR|1970-065A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 7]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 15 December 1970
| lander
| success
| first successful landing on another planet; signals returned from surface for 23 minutes
| 
| {{COSPAR|1970-060A}}
|- style="background:#F2F2F2"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 482]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 31 March 1972
| lander
| failure
| failed to escape Earth orbit
|
| {{COSPAR|1972-023A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 8]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 22 July 1972
| lander
| success
| signals returned from surface for 50 minutes
| 
| {{COSPAR|1972-021A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 10]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| 5 February 1974
| flyby
| success
| minimum distance 5768&nbsp;km, en route to Mercury; first use of [[gravitational slingshot|gravity assist]] by an interplanetary spacecraft
| [[File:Mariner 10.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1973-085A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Venera 9]]''
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 1975
| orbiter
| success
| first spacecraft to orbit Venus; communications relay for lander; atmospheric and magnetic studies
| [[File:%22%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0-10%22.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1975-050A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| 22 October 1975
| lander
| success
| first images from the surface; operated on surface for 53 minutes
| 
| {{COSPAR|1975-050D}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Venera 10]]''
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR)
| 1975
| orbiter
| success
| communications relay for lander; atmospheric and magnetic studies
| [[File:%22%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0-10%22.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1975-054A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| 23 October 1975
| lander
| success
| transmitted from surface for 65 minutes
|
| {{COSPAR|1975-054D}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer Venus Orbiter]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| {{nowrap|4 December 1978&nbsp;–}}<br/>1992
| orbiter
| success
| atmospheric and magnetic studies
| [[File:Pioneer Venus orbiter.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1978-051A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer Venus Multiprobe]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| 9 December 1978
|
|
|
| [[File:Pioneer Venus 2 inspection.jpg|50px]]
|
|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| rowspan="5" |
| bus
|
|
| probe transporter
| success
| deployed four atmospheric probes, then burnt up in Venusian atmosphere, continuing to transmit to 110&nbsp;km altitude
|
| {{COSPAR|1978-078A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| large probe
|
|
| atmospheric probe
| success
|
| 
| {{COSPAR|1978-078D}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| north probe
|
|
| atmospheric probe
| success
|
| rowspan="3" | 
| {{COSPAR|1978-078E}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| day probe
|
|
| atmospheric probe
| success
| survived impact and continued to transmit from surface for over an hour
| {{COSPAR|1978-078G}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| night probe
|
|
| atmospheric probe
| success
|
| {{COSPAR|1978-078F}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 12]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| rowspan="2" |
| flight platform
| rowspan="2" |
| 21 December 1978
| flyby
| success
| minimum distance 34,000&nbsp;km; deployed lander and then acted as communications relay
|
| {{COSPAR|1978-086A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| descent craft
| 21 December 1978
| lander
| partial success
| soft landing; transmissions returned for 110 minutes; failure of some instruments
| 
| {{COSPAR|1978-086C}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 11]]''
| {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]]
|
|
|
|identical to Venera 12
|
|
|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| rowspan="2" | &nbsp;&nbsp;
| flight platform
| rowspan="2" |
| {{nowrap|25 December 1978}}
| flyby
| success
| minimum distance 34,000&nbsp;km; deployed lander and then acted as communications relay
|
| {{COSPAR|1978-084A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| descent craft
| 25 December 1978
| lander
| partial success
| soft landing; transmissions returned for 95 minutes; failure of some instruments
| 
| {{COSPAR|1978-084D}}

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