Venus is a pressure cooker with surface temperatures that melt lead. Yet, in the 1970s, the Soviet Union achieved the ...

Venus, often referred to as Earth’s twin, is one of the most hostile places in the solar system. Its thick atmosphere traps heat and makes the planet extremely hot, while high pressure crushes ...

Today it sounds incredible but half a century ago, the Soviet Union landed a probe on another planet. Moreover, it did it in the absence of practically any information about its atmosphere or any ...

Twelve probes have survived the trip to the broiling surface of Venus. Ten were Soviet landers, eight of which were part of the Venera series. The cores of the Venera probes consisted of ...

In the 1900s, when space race was intensifying, the Soviet Union (Soviet Union), which had been quarreling with the United States, succeeded in sending a spacecraft to the surface of the moon for the ...

Venera 7 has been lying on the Venusian surface for over 50 years, so there might not be much left of the Soviet probe—the first to reach the surface of Earth’s evil twin. We know that Venera 7, with ...

December 15th marks significant milestones: the Soviet Venera 7's historic landing on Venus and the Leaning Tower of Pisa's grand reopening after extensive restoration. This day also celebrates ...

When we speak about the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that took place in the second half of the 20th Century, we often focus on the moon missions. There were, however, various other ...

After decades of neglect, Venus might just be making a comeback. Late last month, NASA announced five finalists for the next low-cost space probes; two of them are missions to Venus. Venus has ...