Space exploration often focuses on Mars, but Venus, our closest neighbor, holds many mysteries. Its surface is a true hell, but its atmosphere, at a certain altitude, offers more temperate conditions.

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup.

"From developing small robots that could swim through the oceans of other worlds to growing space habitats from fungi, this program continues to change the possible." ...