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Pin made in the Soviet Union with the image of Venera 11. The Venera 11 was a Soviet uncrewed space mission which was part of the Venera program to explore the planet Venus. Venera 11 was launched on 9 September 1978. The lander entered the Venus atmosphere two days later on December 25th. During the descent, it employed aerodynamic braking followed by parachute braking and ending with atmospheric braking. It made a soft landing on the surface at 06:24 Moscow Time (03:24 UT) on 25 December after a descent time of approximately 1 hour. Information was transmitted to the flight platform for retransmittal to earth until it moved out of range 95 minutes after touchdown.