Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What was the first planet other than Earth to have a spacecraft crash-land on it?

  1. Mars

  2. Venus

  3. Mercury

  4. Saturn
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Explanation

The Soviet Union's Venera 3 spacecraft became the first spacecraft to crash-land on another planet when it impacted Venus on March 1, 1966. While it didn't survive the landing to transmit data, this mission marked humanity's first physical contact with another planet. Mars landings came later, with the Soviets' Mars 3 making the first soft landing in 1971.

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