Venera 14, a Soviet Venus flyby and lander mission identical to Venera 13. Proton-K/D-1 from Baikonur sent the probe toward Venus; the lander reached the surface on 5 March 1982, returning images and data though its surface sampler was blocked by a lens-cap.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Venus
- Payload to orbit
- 6.1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 6th
- of 12 Proton-K/D-1 flights
- Date and time
- 4 November 1981, 05:31 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-K/D-1
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1981-110
- Launches in 1981
- 112th of 126
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