Venera 7
The Venera 7 was launched as part of the Venera program by the Soviet Union on August 17, 1970. It entered the atmosphere of Venus on December 15 of the same year. Once landing on Venus, this spacecraft became the first to ever actually reach Venus and land safely. The capsule antenna was extended, and signals were returned for 35 min. Another 23 min of very weak signals were received after the spacecraft landed on Venus, after which the spacecraft was either melted or was pulverized by the atmospheric pressure. The capsule was the first man-made object to return data after landing on another planet.
Venera 7 weighed 495 kilograms, or 1091 pounds.
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