Venus!!

Venus is Earth's twin in many ways, but is slightly hotter than hell.

The Face of Venus can show you any place on the planet.

The Venus pages at LANL, NSSDC, and another at SEDS.

Mariner 2 was the first interplanetary probe. It was followed by Mariner 5 and 10. These were followed by Pioneer Venus, which included an orbiter and several atmosphere probes. The orbiter lived for 12 years, before running out of control fuel. The very best radar maps of the surface of Venus came from the Magellan mission.

Venus was a centerpiece of the Soviet space program. Their Venera series included many landers that photographed the surface.


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Last updated March 12, 2003 10:40 AM