NASA and Beyond: 5 Upcoming Missions to Explore Mysterious Venus

Venus, long called Earth's 'evil twin' for its toxic clouds and crushing heat, is drawing fresh global attention. After ...
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These 5 Venus missions could launch in the next decade to study Earth's 'evil twin'

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki mission orbiting Venus was declared dead last week after engineers spent more than a year trying to get in touch with the sile ...
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This Surreal French Animated Classic Is The Best Sci-Fi Film Of The '70s (Sorry, Star Wars)

Star Wars may have been the biggest sci-fi film out of the 1970s, but a surreal animated film from France might be the most ...

Japan’s Akatsuki Spacecraft Declared Inoperable, Marking End of Dedicated Venus Missions

JAXA’s Akatsuki spacecraft, launched in 2010, has officially ended its mission after more than a decade studying Venus’s ...
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The Last Spacecraft Orbiting Venus Has Officially Died

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency lost contact with a probe orbiting Venus last year and officially calls it quits on the mission.