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  • Venera 1: The First Spacecraft to Crash on Another Planet
    The first planet other than Earth to have a spacecraft crash on it was Venus.

    This occurred on October 18, 1962, when the Soviet spacecraft Venera 1 went off course and lost contact with Earth, likely due to a malfunction in its guidance system. While it's not confirmed to have physically impacted the surface, it's widely believed to have entered the Venusian atmosphere and disintegrated.

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