In the early days of space exploration, the Soviet Union launched the Venera Program, one of the most ambitious efforts ever undertaken to explore another planet. From 1961 to 1985, the USSR sent over ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system. A cutaway diagram of the Venera 8 ...

Russia has said it plans to launch a new, long-term mission to Venus, known as Venera-D or Venera 17, marking a continuation of the Soviet-era program.

The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian Ocean early Saturday morning.

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 ...

Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most of it burns up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different.

Venera 1 was launched in 1961, only four years after Sputnik 1, the first satellite. Venera 7, in 1970, was the first spacecraft to successfully soft-land instead of crashing on a planet.

The 50-plus-year-old spacecraft was trapped in Earth orbit for decades. Now, it has likely fallen back home, according to the European Space Agency.