Yes, We've Seen the Surface of Venus

We actually have landed on Venus! Or more specifically, the Soviet Union landed a series of Venera probes on the surface of Venus in the 1970s and 1980s. Isn't it time we went back? For more on the Venera landing missions and images of the surface, check out my latest on Vintage Space at Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/yes-weve-seen-surface-venus Title image via NASA. Music "New Perspective" from Music Loops. For more Vintage Space, add me on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter as @astVintageSpace. And subscribe to Vintage Space on Popular Science for regular blog update: http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space For weekly Vintage Space video updates, don't forget to subscribe!