Venus
1769 Jun 3 |
British navigator, Captain James Cook, British astronomer Charles Green and Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander observed and recorded a transit of Venus across the sun on the island of Tahiti during Cook's first voyage around the world. Links: Britain, Venus, Cook Islands, Tahiti ![]() |
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1969 May 16 |
Russia’s Venera 5 landed on Venus and returned data on atmosphere. Links: Russia, Venus ![]() |
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1970 Aug 17 |
Venera 7 was launched by USSR for a soft landing on Venus. Links: Russia, USSR, Space, Venus ![]() |
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1978 Aug 8 |
The United States launched Pioneer Venus II, which carried scientific probes to study the atmosphere of Venus. Links: USA, NASA, Venus ![]() |
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1978 Dec 5 |
The American space probe Pioneer Venus I, orbiting Venus, began beaming back its first information and picture of the planet to scientists in Mountain View, Calif. Links: USA, NASA, Space, Venus ![]() |
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1982 Mar 1 |
Russian spacecraft Venera 13 landed on Venus and sent back data. Links: Russia, USSR, Space, Venus ![]() |
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1982 Mar 5 |
Russian spacecraft Venera 14 landed on Venus and sent back data. Links: Russia, USSR, Space, Venus ![]() |
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1989 May 4 |
The US launched its Magellan spacecraft to Venus. Links: USA, NASA, Space, Venus ![]() |
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1990 Feb 9 |
The Galileo satellite, launched Oct. 18, 1989, made its closest approach to Venus. Links: USA, NASA, Venus ![]() |
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1990 Aug 10 |
US's Magellan spacecraft landed on Venus. Links: USA, NASA, Venus ![]() |
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1994 Oct 12 |
The Magellan space probe ended its four-year mapping mission of Venus, plunging into the planet's atmosphere. Links: NASA, Venus ![]() |
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2004 Jun 8 |
Venus made a rare transit across face of the sun. Links: Venus ![]() |
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2005 Nov 9 |
Europe's first mission to Venus was successfully launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and emitted a first signal at the start of its 163-day journey to the turbulent planet. The Venus Express aimed to arrive in April 2006. Links: Kazakhstan, EU, Venus ![]() |
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2006 Apr 11 |
A European spacecraft went into orbit around Venus on a mission to explore the mysterious atmosphere of Earth's nearest planetary neighbor. Links: EU, Space, Venus ![]() |
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2006 Apr 13 |
European scientists released new photos of Venus’ south pole from the orbiting Venus Express spacecraft. The images revealed a mass of sulfuric acid clouds swirling in 220 mph winds. Links: EU, Space, Venus ![]() |
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2010 Dec 8 |
Japan’s space agency said its “Akatsuki” space probe has hurtled past Venus after failing to enter the planet's orbit as planned, but it voiced hope for a successful rendezvous six years from now. Links: Japan, Space, Venus ![]() |
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2012 Jun 5 |
Venus began to pass between the Earth and the Sun. The next such transit will not occur until 2117. Links: Earth, Astronomy, Venus ![]() |
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2015 Dec 9 |
Japan's space agency said its "Akatsuki" probe had successfully entered into orbit around Venus after an initial attempt at reaching the second planet from the sun failed five years ago. Links: Japan, Space, Venus ![]() |
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2020 Sep 14 |
It was reported that astronomers using powerful telescopes have detected the chemical phosphine in the toxic atmosphere of Venus that could be a signal of something living in one of the solar system’s most inhospitable environments. Reanalysis of the data substantially reduced the amount of phosphine one part per billion. Links: Astronomy, Venus ![]() |
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2020 Oct 15 |
The European-Japanese probe BepiColombo took a black-and-white snapshot of Venus from a distance of 17,000 km (10,560 miles), as it used Earth's neighbor to adjust its course on the way to Mercury, the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. Links: Japan, EU, Mercury, Venus ![]() |
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