There have been 46 space missions to the planet Venus (including gravity-assist flybys). Missions to Venus constitute part of the exploration of Venus. The Soviet Union, followed by the United States, have soft landed probes on the surface. Venera 7 was the first lander overall and first for the Soviet Union, touching down on 15 December 1970. Pioneer Venus 2 contained the first spacecraft to land from the United States, the Day Probe. It soft landed on 9 December 1978. The most recent lander was part of the Vega 2 mission, which soft landed on 15 June 1985.
As of 2020, the Soviet Union, United States, European Space Agency and Japan have conducted missions to Venus.
This is a list of 40 missions (including failed ones) to Venus. It includes Flybys (not gravity assists), Impact probes, orbiters, landers, rovers by decade.
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