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- ESA's first mission to Venus began in March 2001, with a call for ideas from the scientific community on how best to reuse the spacecraft platform developed for Mars Express.
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Missions to Venus constitute part of the exploration of Venus. The Soviet Union, followed by the United States, have soft landed probes on the surface. Venera 7 was the first lander overall and first for the Soviet Union, touching down on 15 December 1970.
Jan 3, 2020 · The first mission to Venus by the European Space Agency studied the second planet from the sun and made some surprising discoveries.
Nov 10, 2020 · ESA's first mission to Venus began in March 2001, with a call for ideas from the scientific community on how best to reuse the spacecraft platform developed for Mars Express.
The mission was selected by ESA’s Science Programme Committee on 10 June 2021 as the fifth Medium-class mission in the Agency’s Cosmic Vision plan, targeting a launch in the early 2030s.
mission (year)typeHighlightsMariner 2USA, 1962Atmospheric probeFirst spacecraft at Venus. Closest ...Venera 4USSR, 1967Atmospheric probeFirst probe to return data about ...Venera 5 & 6USSR, 1969Atmospheric probesDetected presence of atmospheric nitrogen ...Venera 7USSR, 1970LanderFirst successful soft landing of a ...Europe’s first mission to Venus, providing an unprecedented global picture of our nearest planetary neighbour. In particular, it investigated Venus's noxious atmosphere and clouds in detail, and mapped the planet’s surface temperatures.
Venus Express was ESA's first mission to Earth's nearest planetary neighbour. The spacecraft was optimised for studying the atmosphere of Venus, from the surface right up to the ionosphere. It arrived at Venus in April 2006 and continued operating for more than eight years.
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Jan 25, 2024 · ESA’s next mission to Venus was officially ‘adopted’ today by the Agency’s Science Programme Committee. Envision will study Venus from its inner core to its outer atmosphere, giving important new insight into the planet's history, geological activity and climate.
