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In the morning, the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus are seen aligning with each other.
2022-04-26

NASA announces the selection of two new missions to Venus, VERITAS and DAVINCI+, which will launch between 2028 and 2030. They will be the first American spacecraft sent to Venus since the "Magellan" mission in 1989. The missions will focus on mapping the surface of Venus and calculating the atmosphere's composition to better understand Venus's geological history.
2021-06-2

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft makes its closest approach to Venus.
2020-12-27

According to a study from researchers at the University of California, Riverside, Venus would be able to support life if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the Sun nearly 4 billion years ago.
2020-10-1

The Jane Greaves-led international scientific team announce that they have detected a gas called phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus that indicates microorganisms may inhabit Earth's inhospitable neighbor. If confirmed, it would be the first known extraterrestrial life.
2020-09-14

The European Space Agency-JAXA space probe BepiColombo makes its final gravity assist around Earth, and is now on course for Venus, where it will make several gravity assist manoeuvres before finally arriving at Mercury in 2025.
2020-04-10

The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt. This mission is Japan's first successful mission to another planet. The orbital injection was achieved using the probe's attitude control thrusters, a feat which has never been done before.
2015-12-7

Image taken by the Cassini spacecraft from Saturn orbit shows Venus shining like a bright beacon through Saturn’s rings.
2013-03-2

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa spacecraft returns to earth near Woomera in northwest South Australia.
2010-06-13

JAXA successfully launched venus probe and IKAROS, the first interplanetary spacecraft with a solar-sail.
2010-05-21