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NASA is on its way to Venus after all. Here’s what to know about the launch
It has, but it’s been quite a while. The Magellan probe was the first spacecraft to image the surface of Venus. VERITAS would do so in much higher resolution and clarity. Magellan was launched ...
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A private mission to Venus aims to look for signs of life
Star would be the first private mission to another planet and the first in over 30 years to directly measure Venus’s clouds.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Swings Past Venus for Final Solar Orbits
When it launched, Parker became the fastest spacecraft in history ... as confirmed by radar images from Magellan. The WISPR camera can see Venus' surface because it's so hot that it glows ...
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Checking Up On Earth’s Sister Planet: NASA’s Upcoming Venus Missions
After this mission, the 1989 Magellan orbiter mission was the US’s next and final Venus mission. The Venus surface, as photographed by the USSR Venera 13 in 1982 (recolorized). Since the 2010s ...
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Venus Blows Off Some Steam
Tall plumes of white vapor rise from the rocky Venusian surface in this April 19, 1977, artist's concept.NASA/Rick Guidice ...
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NASA captured first-of-their-kind images of Venus that are stunning
The images feature the surface of Venus in visible light ... Back in the 1990s, NASA’s Magellan mission probed the planet. The agency used radar beams to create the first global maps of the ...