Venus: Secrets of Our Strange Sister Planet
Will New NASA and ESA Missions Show Early Venus Had Oceans and Life?
ESA and NASA have decided this year to send no less than three space exploration missions over the next decade to our sister planet, the second closest planet to the Sun, described by Stephen Hawking as Earth’s “kissing cousin.” Venus is like Earth in so many ways,” explained Hawking. “She’s almost the same size as Earth, a touch closer to the Sun. And, she has an atmosphere that could crush a submarine.”