A little under a year ago, it looked like Venus was off the table for NASA. President Biden’s budget request for 2024 severely reduced funding for the mission, putting it in a “deep freeze.” ...

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

"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." ...

That’s why the aerospace world was surprised last year by the lab’s failure to deliver an asteroid probe on time, a stumble that NASA responded to by postponing a JPL-led Venus mission.

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

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 ...

Current ideas for balloon missions to Venus face two challenges. First, the buoyant gas they must use to stay afloat leaks out over time, limiting the mission duration. Second, they must carry ...

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.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has a lot of balls in the air right now, so to speak. From the Mars 2020 rover ...

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 ...