The Soviet Union launches <i id="mw0w"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_1" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Venera 1">Venera 1</a></i> towards <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Venus">Venus</a>.