Venus is the second planet from the Sun and our nearest neighbor. At its closest approach, Venus is mere 40 million km (25 million mi) away from us. After just four months in space, you’d finally be ...

On July 22, 1972, a spacecraft landed on Venus! The Soviet space probe Venera 8 was the second spacecraft to successfully execute a soft landing on the planet's surface. Venera 8 spent 117 days ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European ...