A Soviet Venera-4 model, similar to the lost Kosmos 482 landing capsule, is on display at a museum. Before a Soviet-era spacecraft intended for Venus crashed back to Earth over the weekend, German ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On May 10 of this year, the egg-shaped Kosmos-482 descent module, weighing roughly 1,091 pounds ...

After a year of attempting contact, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Tuesday that its Akatsuki Venus climate orbiter spacecraft has died and is no longer responsive. This was ...

The remains of a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 made an uncontrolled descent into the Indian Ocean on May 10, 2025. There are no reports of anyone being harmed. Known as Kosmos 482 and originally ...

The Akatsuki spacecraft has finally bid adieu after around a decade of service. Akatsuki was the last active mission at Venus, with its findings producing 178 journal papers, according to Space.com.

A spacecraft was en route to Venus when phosphine happened to be spotted. The astronomy community lit up earlier this week with news that hinted at possible signs of life on Venus. Among the most ...

When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth's "twin." The NASA Magellan spacecraft ...

The ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), which launched in April 2023, has completed another successful flyby aimed at boosting its speed ahead of a Jupiter orbital insertion sometime in 2031.

This artist’s concept of the large Quetzalpetlatl Corona located in Venus’ southern hemisphere depicts active volcanism and a subduction zone, where the foreground crust plunges into the planet’s ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will design, develop and operate the spacecraft for two missions NASA selected to explore Venus as part of the agency’s Discovery Program. The space agency expects the two ...