Yep, only the Soviets soft landed a probe on Venus. The probe lasted 127 minutes.
The EU has done several neat missions. Non sent remote vehicles to Mars successfully. NASA has failed more than once. Mars is hard.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/20/total-recall-of-unsuccessful-mars-lander-schiaparelli-exomars
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