List of missions to Venus

There have been 46 space missions to the planet Venus (including gravity-assist flybys).

The Soviet Union, followed by the United States, have soft landed probes on the surface.

Pioneer Venus 2 contained the first spacecraft to land from the United States, the Day Probe.

[1][2][3][4][5][6] 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.