Venus

General Information

• Venus Fact Sheet
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Magellan Fact Sheet
• Reference Books on Venus

Missions to Venus

Current and Past Missions

• Venus Express - ESA Venus Orbiter (2005)
• MESSENGER - NASA Mercury Orbiter (2004) (Two Venus Flybys)
• Magellan - NASA Venus Radar Mapping Mission (1989-1994)
• Pioneer Venus - NASA Orbiter/Probes to Venus (1978-1992)
• Galileo - NASA Mission to Jupiter (Venus flyby - 1990)
• Vega 1 - Soviet mission to Venus and Comet Halley (Venus flyby - 1985)
• Vega 2 - Soviet mission to Venus and Comet Halley (Venus flyby - 1985)
• Venera - Soviet Venus Missions (1961-1983)
• Mariner 10 - NASA Mission to Venus and Mercury (1973-1975)
• Mariner 5 - NASA Venus flyby (1967)
• Mariner 2 - NASA Venus flyby (1962)
• Venus Chronology - Timeline of all attempted and future Venus missions

Future Missions

• BepiColombo - ESA Mercury Orbiters and Lander (2013) (Possible Venus Flyby)
• Planet-C - ISAS Venus Orbiter (2010)

Data

• Images of Venus (Catalog of Spaceborne Imaging)
• Images of Venus (NSSDC Photo Gallery)
• Magellan Venus radar image mosaics
• Magellan Venus altimetry/radiometry data records
• Magellan Venus global data records
• Pre-Magellan data
• Magellan Venus FMAPs
• Magellan Venus LOS gravity data
• Pioneer Venus fields and particles data
• Galileo CD-ROMs - Venus flyby data