Venus
celestial targetCelestial target
Venus is retained as a celestial target in the planetary exploration collection. 18 current mission dossiers explicitly identify Venus as a destination or target.
- Science area
- planetary
- Related records
- 18
18 related records 38 sources
Computer-simulated orange and gold globe of Venus showing radar-mapped surface ridges, plains, and impact features against black space.
Credit: NASA/JPL. License: NASA and JPL media usage guidelines.
Image source and licenseAbout this image
A global view of Venus centered at 180 degrees east longitude, built from Magellan synthetic-aperture radar mosaics with Pioneer Venus Orbiter data filling observational gaps.
What this record covers
- Science area
- planetary
- Connected records
- 18
Classification and identifiers3 fields
Catalog and authority identifiers are preserved here for readers who need to reconcile this record with another archive.
- Record class
- Celestial target
- Lifecycle
- Not applicable
- iau designation
- Venus
Connected archive records
missionVenera 7missionMariner 2missionMariner 10missionVenera 4missionVenera 9missionVenera 13missionVenera 15 / 16missionVega 1 / 2missionMagellanmissionVenus ExpressmissionAkatsukimissionParker Solar ProbemissionMariner 1missionMariner 5missionPioneer Venus 1missionPioneer Venus 2missionDAVINCImissionVERITAS
Sources and further reading
- ESA: 50 Years of Planetary ExplorationEuropean Space Agency
- NASA Science: Solar System ExplorationNASA
- Venera 7 official development-flight photographWikimedia Commons
- Venera 7 institutional photograph provenanceCosmos Pavilion / Wikimedia Commons
- NASA Science: Mariner 2NASA
- NASA Science: Mariner ProgramNASA
- NASA History: Beyond Earth, A Chronicle of Deep Space ExplorationNASA
- NASA Science: Mariner 10NASA
- ESA Science Mission NavigatorEuropean Space Agency
- NASA NSSDC: Venus Mission CatalogNASA NSSDC
- Venera 4 official development-flight photographWikimedia Commons
- Venera 4 institutional photograph provenanceMemorial Museum of Cosmonautics / Wikimedia Commons
- ESA: Halley and the Vega MissionsEuropean Space Agency
- Vega 1 / 2 official development-flight photographWikimedia Commons / Smithsonian
- Vega 1 / 2 institutional photograph provenanceSmithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- NASA Science: MagellanNASA
- NASA Science: Terrestrial PlanetsNASA
- ESA: Venus ExpressEuropean Space Agency
- JAXA: Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki Operation CompletedJAXA
- NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive: AkatsukiNASA
- Akatsuki official development-flight photographWikimedia Commons
- Akatsuki institutional photograph provenanceJAXA
- NASA Science: Parker Solar ProbeNASA
- NASA Science: Missions Exploring the SunNASA
- NASA Science: Mariner 1NASA
- NASA Science: Mariner 5NASA
- Mariner 5 official development-flight photographWikimedia Commons
- Mariner 5 institutional photograph provenanceNASA
- NASA Science: Pioneer Venus 1NASA
- NASA Science: Pioneer ArchivesNASA
- NASA Science: Deep Space ChronicleNASA
- NASA Science: Pioneer Venus 2NASA
- Pioneer Venus 2 official development-flight photographNASA Image and Video Library
- Pioneer Venus 2 institutional photograph provenanceNASA
- NASA Science: DAVINCINASA
- NASA Science: Future Planetary MissionsNASA
- NASA Science: VERITASNASA
- VERITAS official development-flight photographNASA Image and Video Library