Signal from last orbiting Venus probe dies

The U.S.'s Mariner 2 flew by in 1972. In 1975, a Soviet Venera probe was the first to return an image from the surface of another world, but in Venus's hellish atmosphere functioned for only a few seconds. Since then, there were more successful Soviet and American trips, the European Union's Venus Express, a peek by NASA's Parker Solar Probe, and several by Japan's space agency. — Read the rest
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