On 8, 2005, Europe launched its first mission to Venus. The spacecraft was called Venus Express. Venus is a hothouse planet. Lava flows on its surface, and the atmospheric pressure can easily crush an ...

NASA Deep Atmosphere of Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging” (DAVINCI) will launch to Venus in 2029 ...

Early mission plans didn’t include any planetary science at Venus. But that changed shortly after launch in 2018, and ...

NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to make a record-breaking ...

The probe will orbit the sun "close enough to pass inside a solar eruption, like a surfer diving under a crashing ocean wave, ...

The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 on the mission to "touch" the Sun. It is just about the size of a small car.

HOUSTON—NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make its seventh and final close approach to Venus’ surface on Nov. 6 for a gravity ...

Rocket Lab is disrupting the space launch business, but its CEO is particularly passionate about a “nights and weekends” ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe should have completed its seventh swing past Venus on Nov. 6 — the spacecraft's final maneuver ...

Asteroids that regularly fly between Earth, Venus and Mars could provide radiation shielding for human missions to explore ...

"Venus 7 is the critical gravity assist for Parker Solar Probe to eventually achieve its minimum solar distance," Yanping Guo ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is about to make its final flyby of Venus, a crucial maneuver that will slingshot it closer to the ...