Only four spacecraft have ever returned images from Venus’ surface. The world next door doesn’t make it easy, with searing heat and crushing pressure that quickly destroy any lander. In 1975 …

Mar 7, 2023 · Venus is nearly 125 million miles (just over 200 million kilometers) from Earth. While that’s a considerable distance, it’s only about 12 million miles (~19 million kilometers) farther …

Dec 21, 2024 · Explore the extraordinary surface of Venus through rare photos captured by Venera 13 in 1982—the only glimpse humanity has of this mysterious planet.

Feb 28, 2025 · Images of Venus, our closest planetary neighbor. The northern hemisphere is displayed in this global view of the surface of Venus as seen by NASA Magellan spacecraft....

Apr 28, 2021 · Over the course of the program, 13 probes successfully reached Venus and transmitted data about our neighbor, eight landed successfully on the surface, and four …

Nov 24, 2023 · To date, Venera is the only program to have sent images and audio from the surface of Venus. Venera 13 and 14 recorded sound, and Venera 9, 10, 13, and 14 took …

Feb 9, 2022 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space. Smothered in thick clouds, Venus’ surface is usually shrouded from sight.

Mar 28, 2023 · However, we only have a handful of photos from the surface of Venus, and no new ones in over 40 years. This is not just a question of laziness from space agencies – Venus is …

Surface photographs from the Soviet Venera 9 and 10 spacecraft. The Soviet Venera 9 and 10 spacecraft were launched on 8 and 14 June 1975, respectively, to do the unprecedented: …

Three-dimensional perspective views of Venusian Terrains composed of reduced resolution left-looking synthetic-aperture radar images merged with altimetry data from the Magellan spacecraft.