NASA's Small Spacecraft Technology program, part of the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, supported the development of the heat shield for Rocket Lab’s Venus mission. HEET is a ...

Dive into the extreme world of Venus with our latest video! From its acid rain to potential signs of life, discover the ...

The mission involves a mothership deploying 20 CubeSats to test materials on Venus' surface. The design process focused on reducing spacecraft weight, achieving a final launch mass of under 1,300 kg.

By the time the 1980s were in full swing, the Venera 13 lander was the first to send back audio recorded from the surface of Venus. Yet by the time the Vega 2 mission reported its successful ...

A company that's slated to launch the world's first-ever private mission to Venus is getting ready for the planet's super-hot temperatures with some help from NASA. The space agency boasted in a ...

So when I heard that U.S. planetary scientists were plotting an audacious “flagship” mission to revisit Earth’s evil twin, I was reminded of my first Venus encounter. In 1974, even before ...

The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury in the eastern sky on Friday morning.

Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 Magellan mission. Now, scientists have a new theory about what fuels ...