The Venera program came to a close in October 1983, when Venera 15 and Venera 16 were placed in orbit to conduct mapping of the Venusian terrain with synthetic aperture radar.
plovilo Pioneer Venus Multiprobe je spustilo pet sond, ki so 9. decembra 1978 vstopile v atmosfero in vrnile podatke o sestavi, vetrovih in toplotnih tokovih.