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Venus from Mariner 10

As it sped away from Venus, NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this seemingly peaceful view of a planet the size…

Jun 8, 2020
NASA’s ACRIMSAT Observes Venus Transit

Observations of the total solar irradiance made with the ACRIM3 instrument on NASA's ACRIMSAT satellite on June 5 and 6,…

Jun 15, 2012
Surface Warmth on a Venus Volcano

This figure shows the volcanic peak Idunn Mons in the Imdr Regio area of Venus. The topographic backbone (brown color)…

Apr 8, 2010
A View of Venus while Searching for Vulcanoids

This image from NASA's MESSENGER is one of many from the latest vulcanoid search are currently being transmitted to Earth.…

Feb 2, 2010
MESSENGER Bids Farewell to Venus

After acquiring hundreds of high-resolution images during close approach to Venus, NASA's MESSENGER turned its wide-angle camera back to the…

Jun 5, 2007
Approaching Venus Image #2

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft snapped a series of images as it approached Venus on June 5. The planet is enshrouded by…

Jun 5, 2007
Approaching Venus

On Oct. 24, 2006, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft came within 2,990 kilometers (1,860 miles) of Venus during its second planetary encounter.

Nov 24, 2006
Mariner 2 (Artist’s Concept)

NASA's Mariner 2 was the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft. Launched August 27, 1962, on an Atlas-Agena rocket, Mariner 2…

Jun 27, 2003
Venus Hemispherical Globes (with place names)

The images used for the base of this globe show the northern and southern hemispheres of Venus as revealed by…

Aug 27, 2001
Venus Hemispherical Globes

The images used for the base of this globe show the northern and southern hemispheres of Venus as revealed by…

Mar 15, 2001
Venus Cloud Tops Viewed by Hubble

Venus Cloud Tops Viewed by Hubble. This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet-light image of the planet Venus, taken…

May 18, 1999
Looking Westward Across the Fortuna Tessera (Right Member of a Synthetic Stereo Pair)

This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, is a look westward…

Jun 4, 1998
Looking Westward Across the Fortuna Tessera (Left Member of a Synthetic Stereo Pair)

This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, is a look westward…

Jun 4, 1998
Sedna Planitia (Right Member of a Synthetic Stereo Pair)

This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows part of the…

Jun 4, 1998
Sedna Planitia (Left Member of a Synthetic Stereo Pair)

This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows part of the…

Jun 4, 1998
Magellan’s View of Crater Markham, 0° N, 163° E

This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows the impact crater…

Jun 4, 1998
Magellan’s Perspective View of Ovda Regio, 0° S, 129° E

This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows the boundary between…

Jun 4, 1998
Magellan’s Perspective View of Ovda Regio, 0° N, 129° E

This perspective view of Venus, generated by computer from NASA's Magellan data and color-coded with emissivity, shows the boundary between…

Jun 4, 1998