AdvertisementA Possible Sign Of Life Right Next Door To Earth, On VenusSeptember 14, 2020Nell GreenfieldboycefacebookEmailThe images used to create this view of Venus were acquired by the Mariner 10 craft on Feb. 7 and 8, 1974. Decades after the Mariner 2 flew by the planet in 1962, much about the planet remains unknown. (NASA)