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 ...

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

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 ...

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 13, a Soviet spacecraft, was the first lander to transmit color images from the surface of Venus. Although other landers arrived before and after it, pictures from Venera 13 are more widely ...

Launched in March 1972, Venera-8 was part of the Soviet Union's exploration of Venus — in less than an hour it revealed critical details of this seemingly inaccessible planet.

Venera 4 legacy. Regardless of Venera 4’s controversial, or supposed landing, on Venus, it provided important scientific insights. Venera 4 carried a number of instruments on board designed to ...

From Soviet Venera 13 in 1982." By Monday morning the post proved popular, having received more than 42,000 upvotes as of 7:30 a.m. ET. Clearest image of the surface of Venus.

Venera 9, which launched on June 8, 1975, was the first mission to attempt to take pictures of the Venus surface. Though the probe landed in good health on October 22, only one of the lens caps on ...