Between 1961 and 1984, the Soviet Union launched 18 probes to Venus as part of the Venera and Vega space programs. Of these, 10 probes would successfully land on the surface of the hottest planet in ...
NASA may not be able to move forward with all three of its planned Venus missions as budget pressures force difficult trade-offs across its planetary science portfolio. When you purchase through links ...
When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth's "twin." The NASA Magellan spacecraft ...
Planning is under way for unprecedented observations at Venus using two different spacecraft simultaneously - the European Space Agency's Venus Express, now in elliptical polar orbit around the next ...
Bizarre Venus surface formations (or coronae) are likely key to understanding our twin planet's heretofore inscrutable ...