Earth and Venus diameter comparison (screenshot fromNASA What's The Difference) For a much more detailed description see thewikipedia Venus page, there are also two educational pages at NASA Learning technologiesplanet VenusandWhat's The Difference, and a NASAfact sheetabout Venus. ...
We’ve also recorded an entire episode of Astronomy Cast all about Venus. Listen here,Episode 50: Venus. References: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/F_The_Planet_Venus_5-8.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html http://solarsystem.nasa.go...
The High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) by NASA is a mission concept that proposed a crewed aerostat design. Solar System → Local Interstellar Cloud → Local Bubble → Gould Belt → Orion Arm → Milky Way → Milky Way subgroup → Local Group → Local Sheet → Virgo Supercluster ...