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13 Jan 2007
Instruments used to observe Venus found two-thirds of the planet's southern hemisphere brightened after aerosols were triggered on an 'astronomical' scale.
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9 Nov 2005
The European Space Agency launched the Venus Express, the first European spacecraft to reach Venus.
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5 May 2000
A conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon occurred.
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8 Oct 1992
Pioneer Venus Orbiter, or Pioneer 12, sent its last transmission as it fell from its orbit around Venus.
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10 Aug 1990
After a 15-month-long journey from earth, NASA's Magellan went into orbit around Venus and began to map the planet.
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4 May 1989
NASA's Atlantis Space Shuttle ferried the Magellan space probe into orbit.
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15 Jun 1985
Russian spacecraft Vega 2 landed on Venus.
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9 Jun 1985
Soviet Space Program's Vega 1, which was launched on December 15, 1984, released a space probe to enter Venus.
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5 Mar 1982
After a four-month journey, the Venera 14 spacecraft landed on Venus.
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22 Oct 1975
The first images from the surface of Venus were received after the Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 landed on the planet.
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17 Aug 1970
Venera 7 launched by the Soviet Union.
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18 Oct 1967
The Soviet Probe Venera 4 entered Venus' atmosphere and sent back information to Earth for about 90 minutes before it lost contact.
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14 Dec 1962
The Mariner 2 space probe completed the first-ever flyby of Venus.
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27 Aug 1962
NASA Launches Mariner 2.
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24 Nov 1639
Astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree recorded the first known observation of a transit of Venus across the sun.
