Late last year, a VExAG gathering included a dedicated and strategic look at exploring Venus in the next decade and beyond by way of a host of advanced technologies, from balloons to long-lived ...

By the time the 1980s were in full swing, the Venera 13 lander was the first to send back audio recorded from the surface of Venus. Yet by the time the Vega 2 mission reported its successful ...

"But the next step for Venus exploration must be in situ … exploration of the sky by aerial vehicles, and of the ground by landers and, one day, rovers," said Paul Byrne, a planetary scientist ...