NASA. In the early 1970s, NASA sent Mariner 10 past Venus. In 1974, the probe returned the first close-up image of the planet. In this image, Venus has been color-enhanced to show what it would ...

Most missions have observed Venus from afar, as the planet's climate is hot enough to melt lead. Take a look at some of the best images ever captured of the "evil twin" planet.

Venus, the second-closest planet to the sun, has the solar system’s hottest temperatures among planets. Venera 13 took almost two dozen color and black-and-white panoramic photographs of Venus ...