The Venera 14 mission, launched by the Soviet Union in the 1980s, marked a historic achievement in space exploration. This interplanetary station made a daring landing on Venus, the hottest planet in ...

Venera is the duo of Korn guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer and musician/filmmaker Chris Hunt. They released their self-titled ...

The Soviet Venera program, spanning nearly 30 years, comprised a series of ambitious missions to Venus, significantly contributing to our understanding of the planet's atmosphere and surface. The ...

Venera — the ambient experimental project helmed by Korn guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer and composer/filmmaker Chris Hunt — ...

Korn guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer and composer/filmmaker Chris Hunt have announced a new album as Venera, Exinfinite. It’s their second album, the follow-up to their 2023 self-titled debut, and ...

The only images of Venus to be captured from it's surface are here. Mary Trump issues warning on long-term impact of Donald ...

That was the future that awaited Venera 9 too, but things didn’t work out for what turned out to be a snakebit ship. After reaching Earth orbit, it fired its engine to enter what is known as a ...

Venera 8 sped on its way to Venus, sending its lander down on July 22. Fate had something different in store for Kosmos 482. Venera 9 took the first images of the surface in 1975.

According to Langbroek, the object is the lander module from a 1972 failed Soviet Venera mission. According to Space.com , the probe was meant for Venus but ran into issues during its rocket ...

In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus.While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached its destination, a malfunctioning Soyuz rocket ensured its sibling ...

While America had won the race to the moon, the Soviet Union, through its Venera program, kept its sights on Venus, Earth’s twisted sister. From 1961 to 1984, the Soviets launched 29 spacecraft ...

On this date, Jan. 6, 1969, the Soviet Union launched the Venera 5 spacecraft, which was part of an ongoing mission to explore Earth’s sister planet, Venus. Venera 5 successfully entered Venus ...