The Pioneer Venus project was part of the Pioneer program consisting of two spacecraft, the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, launched...

Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, also known as Pioneer Venus 2 or Pioneer 13, was a spacecraft launched in 1978 to explore Venus as part of NASA's Pioneer program...

The Pioneer Venus Orbiter, also known as Pioneer Venus 1 or Pioneer 12, was a mission to Venus conducted by NASA as part of the Pioneer Venus project...

List of missions to the outer planets "Pioneer Venus Project Information". Retrieved 30 December 2023. "Pioneer Venus 2". Retrieved 30 December 2023. The...

Orbiter (Pioneer Venus 1, Pioneer 12) – launched May 1978 Pioneer Venus Multiprobe (Pioneer Venus 2, Pioneer 13) – launched August 1978 Pioneer Venus Probe...

with the Pioneer Venus project, consisting of two separate missions: the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe and Pioneer Venus Orbiter, orbiting Venus between 1978...

The atmosphere of Venus is the very dense layer of gasses surrounding the planet Venus. Venus's atmosphere is composed of 96.5% carbon dioxide and 3.5%...

The possibility of life on Venus is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to Venus' proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no definitive evidence...

two Pioneer spacecraft to Venus. The Pioneer mission consisted of two components, launched separately: an orbiter and a multiprobe. The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe...

harboring life forms. The surface of Venus is comparatively flat. When 93% of the topography was mapped by Pioneer Venus Orbiter, scientists found that the...

A transit of Venus takes place when Venus passes directly between the Sun and the Earth (or any other superior planet), becoming visible against (and hence...

terraforming of Venus or the terraformation of Venus is the hypothetical process of engineering the global environment of the planet Venus in order to make...

missions, and from the Pioneer Venus Orbiter probe, Magellan spacecraft and many more Venus studying spacecraft proved that Venus was the complete opposite...

[vʲɪˈnʲɛrə] 'Venus') program was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus. Thirteen...

remains. Venera 8-14 and Vega 1 and 2 were explicitly designed to land on Venus and are not included in this list. Ranger 4 Ranger 6 Rangers 7, 8, and 9...

The phases of Venus are the variations of lighting seen on the planet's surface, similar to lunar phases. The first recorded observations of them are...

Venus has an orbit with a semi-major axis of 0.723 au (108,200,000 km; 67,200,000 mi), and an eccentricity of 0.007. The low eccentricity and comparatively...

The Vega program (Russian: Вега) was a series of Venus missions that also took advantage of the appearance of comet 1P/Halley in 1986. Vega 1 and Vega...

space between Earth and Venus Pioneer Venus project Pioneer Venus Orbiter, launched May 1978, completed – Venus orbiter Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, launched...

Ancient Greek: Ἕσπερος, romanized: Hésperos) is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. A son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora), he is the...

Venus, as one of the brightest objects in the sky, has been known since prehistoric times and has been a major fixture in human culture for as long as...

enter the atmosphere of Venus since the Soviet Vega probes in 1985, and the first atmospheric probe by NASA since the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe mission in...

The colonization of Venus has been a subject of many works of science fiction since before the dawn of spaceflight, and is still discussed from both a...

A transit of Venus was observed from Earth on 8 June 2004. The event received significant attention, since it was the first Venus transit after the invention...

The planet Venus has been used as a setting in fiction since before the 19th century. Its opaque cloud cover gave science fiction writers free rein to...

(Russian: Венера-9, lit. 'Venus-9'), manufacturer's designation: 4V-1 No. 660, was a Soviet uncrewed space mission to Venus. It consisted of an orbiter...

replica of the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 probes. Pioneer Venus Orbiter, a mission to Venus from 1978 to October 1992, officially designated Pioneer 12. This...

being Venus Orbit of Venus Atmosphere of Venus Geology of Venus Geological features on Venus Arachnoid Coronae on Venus Craters on Venus Montes on Venus Terrae...

(spacecraft) Morelos Satellite System Paksat-1 satellite Pioneer program Pioneer Venus Multiprobe Pioneer Venus Orbiter Surveyor program Surveyor 1 Surveyor 2 Surveyor...

volcanoes. In addition, Venus has unusual types of volcanoes: pancake domes and scalloped margin domes. Most small volcanoes on Venus are nameless. Due to...