List of missions to Venus

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Global topographic map of Venus, with all probe landings marked

There have been 46 (including gravity-assist flybys) space missions to the planet Venus. Missions to Venus constitute part of the exploration of Venus.

## List[edit]

As of 2020, the Soviet Union, United States, European Space Agency and Japan have conducted missions to Venus.

Mission Type Legend

Mission to Venus

Gravity assist, destination elsewhere

Spacecraft  | Launch date[1] | Operator  | Mission  | Outcome  | Remarks  | Carrier rocket[2]

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Tyazhely Sputnik
(1VA No.1) | 4 February 1961 | OKB-1
Soviet Union | Impactor[3] | Launch failure  | Power transformer failure, upper stage failed to ignite, never left LEO[3] | Molniya
Venera 1
(1VA No.2) | 12 February 1961 | OKB-1
Soviet Union | Impactor[3] | Spacecraft failure  | Communications failure. First flyby past another planet, on 19 May 1961 at less than 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi); no data returned  | Molniya
Mariner 1
(P-37) | 22 July 1962 | NASA
United States | Flyby  | Launch failure  | Failed to orbit Earth; destroyed by range safety following guidance failure[4] | Atlas-LV3 Agena-B
2MV-1 No.1 | 25 August 1962 | OKB-1
Soviet Union | Lander  | Launch failure  | Premature upper stage cutoff due to ullage motor malfunction; never left LEO[4] | Molniya
Mariner 2
(P-38) | 27 August 1962 | NASA
United States | Flyby  | Successful  | First successful flyby past another planet on 14 December 1962  | Atlas-LV3 Agena-B
2MV-1 No.2 | 1 September 1962 | OKB-1
Soviet Union | Lander  | Launch failure  | Upper stage fuel valve failed to open, resulting in failure to ignite; never left LEÓ[4] | Molniya
2MV-2 No.1 | 12 September 1962 | OKB-1
Soviet Union | Flyby  | Launch failure  | Anomalous third stage cutoff resulted in air bubbles forming in fourth stage fuel; fourth stage shut down less than a second after ignition; failed to leave LEO[4] | Molniya
3MV-1 No.2 | 19 February 1964 | OKB-1
Soviet Union | Flyby  | Launch failure  | Third stage oxidizer leak caused propellant to freeze in feed lines, which subsequently cracked; failed to orbit[5] | Molniya-M
Kosmos 27
(3MV-1 No.3) | 27 March 1964 | OKB-1
Soviet Union | Flyby/Lander  | Launch failure  | Upper stage attitude control failure, never left LEO[5] | Molniya-M
Zond 1
(3MV-1 No.4) | 2 April 1964 | OKB-1
Soviet Union | Flyby/Lander  | Spacecraft failure  | Electronics shorted out, communications lost before flyby.[5] Flew past Venus on 14 July 1964.  | Molniya-M
Venera 2
(3MV-4 No.4) | 12 November 1965 | OKB-1
Soviet Union | Flyby  | Spacecraft failure  | Flew past Venus on 27 February 1966, closest approach at 02:52 UTC. Communications lost after flyby, before any data could be returned.[6] | Molniya-M
Venera 3
(3MV-3 No.1) | 16 November 1965 | OKB-1
Soviet Union | Lander  | Spacecraft failure  | Communications lost as soon as spacecraft entered atmosphere on 1 March 1966, no data returned. First atmospheric entry and impact on another planet.  | Molniya-M
Kosmos 96
(3MV-4 No.6) | 23 November 1965 | OKB-1
Soviet Union | Flyby  | Launch failure  | Third stage combustion chamber exploded, resulting in loss of control, upper stage failed to ignite; Never left LEO[6] | Molniya-M
Venera 4
(4V-1 No.310) | 12 June 1967 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Atmospheric  | Successful  | Returned atmospheric data during entry on 18 October 1967. First successful atmospheric entry. Never intended to work on surface[7] | Molniya-M
Mariner 5 | 14 June 1967 | NASA
United States | Flyby  | Successful  | Flyby on 19 October 1967, closest approach at 17:34:56 UTC[8] | Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D
Kosmos 167
(4V-1 No.311) | 17 June 1967 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Lander  | Launch failure  | Upper stage failed to ignite; turbopump cooling malfunction. Never left LEO[8] | Molniya-M
Venera 5
(4V-1 No.330) | 5 January 1969 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Atmospheric  | Successful  | Entered atmosphere on 16 May 1969, operated for 53 minutes  | Molniya-M
Venera 6
(4V-1 No.331) | 10 January 1969 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Atmospheric  | Successful  | Entered atmosphere on 17 May 1969, operated for 51 minutes  | Molniya-M
Venera 7
(4V-1 No.630) | 17 August 1970 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Lander  | Partial success  | Landed at 05:37:10 UTC on 15 December 1970, rolled upon landing and returned severely limited data. First soft landing on another planet. | Molniya-M
Kosmos 359
(4V-1 No.631) | 22 August 1970 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Lander  | Launch failure  | Never left LEO  | Molniya-M
Venera 8
(4V-1 No.670) | 27 March 1972 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Lander  | Successful  | Landed at 09:32 UTC on 22 July 1972. First fully successful landing on another planet. | Molniya-M
Kosmos 482
(4V-1 No.671) | 31 March 1972 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Lander  | Launch failure  | Never left LEO  | Molniya-M
Mariner 10 | 3 November 1973 | NASA
United States | Flyby  | Successful  | Flyby on 4 February 1974; closest approach at 17:01 UTC; observed Venus and performed gravity assist to reach Mercury | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1A
Venera 9
(4V-1 No.660) | 8 June 1975 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Orbiter/Lander  | Successful  | Entered orbit on 20 October 1975; lander landed at 05:13 UTC on 22 October. First orbiter of Venus and first images from the surface of another planet. | Proton-K/D
Venera 10
(4V-1 No.661) | 14 June 1975 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Orbiter/Lander  | Successful  | Entered orbit on 23 October 1975; lander landed at 05:17 UTC on 25 October  | Proton-K/D
Venera 11
(4V-1 No.360) | 9 September 1978 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Flyby/Lander  | Mostly successful  | Flyby on 25 December; Lander landed at 03:24 UTC the same day. Multiple instrument failures on lander  | Proton-K/D-1
Venera 12
(4V-1 No.361) | 14 September 1978 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Flyby/Lander  | Mostly successful | Lander landed at 03:20 UTC on 21 December 1978. Both cameras on lander failed  | Proton-K/D-1
Pioneer Venus 1
(PV Orbiter) | 20 May 1978 | NASA
United States | Orbiter  | Successful  | Entered orbit on 4 December 1978, decayed on 22 October 1992  | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR
Pioneer Venus 2
(PV Multiprobe) | 8 August 1978 | NASA
United States | Atmospheric  | Successful  | Entered the atmosphere on 9 December 1978; consisted of five spacecraft, one of which briefly continued transmitting after reaching the surface[9] | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR
Venera 13
(4V-1M No.760) | 30 October 1981 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Flyby/Lander  | Successful  | Lander landed at 03:20 UTC on 1 March 1982. First recording of sounds from another planet. | Proton-K/D-1
Venera 14
(4V-1M No.761) | 4 November 1981 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Flyby/Lander  | Successful  | Lander landed on 5 March 1982.  | Proton-K/D-1
Venera 15
(4V-2 No.860) | 2 June 1983 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Orbiter  | Successful  | Entered orbit 10 October 1983, operated until July 1984  | Proton-K/D-1
Venera 16
(4V-2 No.861) | 7 June 1983 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Orbiter  | Successful  | Entered orbit 11 October 1983, operated until July 1984  | Proton-K/D-1
Vega 1
(5VK No.901) | 15 December 1984 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Flyby/Atmospheric/Lander  | Mostly successful  | Landed 11 June 1985. Atmospheric probe deployed during entry operated for two days. Main bus continued to explore comet 1P/Halley | Proton-K/D-1
Vega 2
(5VK No.902) | 21 December 1984 | Lavochkin
Soviet Union | Flyby/Atmospheric/Lander  | Successful  | Landed 15 June 1985. Atmospheric probe deployed during entry operated for two days. Main bus continued to explore comet 1P/Halley | Proton-K/D-1
Magellan | 4 May 1989 | NASA
United States | Orbiter  | Successful  | Entered orbit 10 October 1990, deorbited 13 October 1994  | Space Shuttle Atlantis
STS-30 / IUS
Galileo | 18 October 1989 | NASA
United States | Gravity assist at Venus  | Successful  | Flyby on 10 February 1990 en route to Jupiter; observed Venus during closest pass.  | Space Shuttle Atlantis
STS-34 / IUS
Cassini | 15 October 1997 | NASA
United States | Gravity assist  | Successful  | Flybys on 26 April 1998 and 24 June 1999 en route to Saturn; observed Venus during closest pass.  | Titan IV(401)B
MESSENGER | 3 August 2004 | NASA
United States | Gravity assist  | Successful  | Flybys on 24 October 2006 and 5 June 2007 en route to Mercury; observed Venus during closest pass.  | Delta II 7925H
Venus Express | 9 November 2005 | ESA
| Orbiter  | Successful  | Entered orbit 11 April 2006. Full communications lost on 28 November 2014 [10] | Soyuz-FG/Fregat
Akatsuki | 20 May 2010 | JAXA
Japan | Orbiter  | Operational  | Flew past Venus on 6 December 2010 after failing to enter orbit. Insertion was successfully reattempted on 7 December 2015.  | H-IIA 202
IKAROS | 20 May 2010 | JAXA
Japan | Flyby  | Successful  | Experimental solar sail released from the Akatsuki spacecraft. Flew past Venus on 8 December 2010 but did not make observations.  | H-IIA 202
Shin'en | 20 May 2010 | UNISEC
Japan | Flyby  | Spacecraft failure  | Communications never established after launch. Flew past Venus in December 2010  | H-IIA 202
Parker Solar Probe | 12 August 2018 | NASA
United States | Gravity assist  | Operational  | Flybys on 10 October 2018, 26 December 2019, 11 July 2020, 20 February 2021, 16 October 2021, 21 August 2023, and 6 November 2024 to lower perihelion for solar observation.  | Delta IV Heavy/Star 48BV
BepiColombo | 20 October 2018 | ESA
| Gravity assist  | Operational  | Flybys on 15 October 2020 and 11 August 2021 en route to Mercury; observed Venus during closest pass.  | Ariane 5 ECA
Solar Orbiter | 10 February 2020  | ESA
| Gravity assist  | Operational  | Flybys on 27 Dec 2020, 8 Aug 2021, 3 Sep 2022, 18 Feb 2025, 24 Dec 2026, 17 Mar 2028, 10 Jun 2029, and 2 Sep 2030 to adjust orbital inclination.  | Atlas V 411

## Future missions[edit]

### Under development[edit]

Name  | Operator  | Proposed
launch year  | Type  | Status  | Reference

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Shukrayaan-1 | ISRO India | December 2024  | orbiter and atmospheric balloon  | under development  | [11]
Rocket Lab Venus probe  | MIT/Rocket Lab United States | January 2025  | atmospheric probe  | under development  | [12][13]
DAVINCI | NASA  United States | 2029  | atmospheric probe  | under development  | [14]
Venera-D | Roscosmos Russia | 2029  | orbiter and lander  | under development  | [15]
EnVision | ESA | 2031  | orbiter  | under development  | [16]
VERITAS | NASA United States | 2031  | orbiter  | under development  | [17]

## Venus missions by organization[edit]

Country  | Agency
or company  | Successful  | Partial failure  | Failure  | Operational  | Gravity assist | Total

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USSR | Energia | 15  | 1  | 14  | \-  | \-  | 30
USA | NASA | 6  | \-  | 1  | \-  | 4  | 11
EU | ESA | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2  | 3
Japan | JAXA | 1  | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | 2
UNISEC | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | \-  | 1

### Proposed missions[edit]

Name  | Operator  | Proposed
launch year  | Type  | Status  | Reference

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CUVE | NASA  United States |  | orbiter  | proposed  | [18][19]
EVE | ESA |  | orbiter  | proposed  | [20]
HAVOC | NASA  United States |  | crewed aircraft  | conceptual  | [21]
VAMP | NASA  United States | 2029  | atmospheric balloon  | proposed as a secondary payload
on Venera D lander  | [22][23]
VICI | NASA  United States | 2027  | lander  | proposed  | [24][25]
VISAGE | NASA  United States | 2027  | lander  | proposed  | [26][27][28]
VISE | NASA  United States | 2024  | lander and balloon  | proposed  | [29]
VOX | NASA  United States | 2027  | orbiter  | proposed  | [30][31]
| UAESA  United Arab Emirates | 2028  | Flyby  | proposed  |
Zephyr | NASA  United States | 2039  | rover  | Feasibility study  | [32]

## See also[edit]

* Timeline of Solar System exploration

## References[edit]

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## External links[edit]

* "Official DAVINCI mission website". Retrieved 11 January 2023.
* Bonnier Corporation (2003). "Is There Life on Venus?". Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. p. 49.

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