The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at Venus on 31 August ...

Only four spacecraft have ever sent back images from their surface before being destroyed. The Soviet Union’s Venera probes, launched in 1975 and 1982, took the only photos ever captured from Venus’ ...

India's space program is reaching for the stars with ambitious missions unveiled on National Space Day. ISRO plans include ...

Japan's first space probe launched in May 21, 2010, aboard an H2-A rocket heading for Venus. It entered the planet's orbit by Dec. 7, 2015 after a previous attempt in 2010.

"We believe that continuing such activities will further expand our horizon in the field of planetary science." ...

For decades, the Venus community has been crying out for missions: Only one dedicated spacecraft is currently studying our next-door neighbor, and NASA's last robotic Venus visitor ended its ...

Europe’s last foray there was the Venus Express spacecraft, which orbited the planet and studied it from 2006 until 2014. Today, Japan’s climate-observing Akatsuki is the only emissary from ...

As it sped away from Venus, NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this seemingly peaceful view of a planet the size of Earth, wrapped in a dense, global cloud layer. NASA ...

A Cold War-era spacecraft is heading home after a half-century adrift. Back in the 1970s, the Soviet Union had its sights set on Venus, sometimes known as Earth's evil twin.

Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969. This is a still from the film 'The Storming of Venus' released on May 17, 1969. Soviet space probe Venera 5 or 6 launched in January 1969.