The first private spacecraft mission to Venus, Rocket Lab's Photon Spacecraft, will take on the planet's hellish conditions ...

Star would be the first private mission to another planet and the first in over 30 years to directly measure Venus’s clouds.

Simulating a mission to Venus is no mean feat, but it is possible – to a certain extent. Venus-like conditions do not exist anywhere on Earth – temperatures at which lead melts, a toxic atmosphere ...

A private mission to Venus will collect atmospheric samples, aiming to study the planet’s clouds for signs of life.

"From developing small robots that could swim through the oceans of other worlds to growing space habitats from fungi, this program continues to change the possible." ...

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Solar Orbiter is not the only ESA mission visiting Venus this year. ESA's Juice spacecraft, en route to Jupiter to explore its icy moons, will also fly past the planet in August. Solar Orbiter and ...

Future research will take these variables into account, even as scientists cannot wait to get data from upcoming Venus missions, with better sensors that may just catch a glimpse of such organic ...

Venus presents an enormous challenge for space probes given its intense temperatures, crushing air pressure and a corrosive atmosphere – all of which make landing missions virtually impossible.

Planet Venus is one of the most fascinating places in the solar system, and the one most easily recognizable in the night sky. The true twin of planet Earth (no, it's not Mars), Venus has more ...