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Mar 15, 2024 · 03-15-2024 TECH. NASA is on its way to Venus after all. Here’s what to know about the launch. The VERITAS mission to Venus is back on. NASA offered new details about when the launch will happen ...
Jul 31, 2024 · Venus passed superior conjunction (appearing to go directly behind the sun as seen from Earth) back on June 4. Initially, it was mired deep in the brilliant glare of the sun. Initially, it was ...
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Dec 11, 2019 · Sue Smrekar really wants to go back to Venus. In her office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the planetary scientist displays a 30-year-old image of Venus’ surface taken by the Magellan spacecraft, a reminder of how much time has passed since an American mission orbited the planet.
Magellan was launched in 1989 and ended its mission in 1994, when it burned up after being commanded to dive into the Venusian atmosphere. Magellan found that at least 85% of the surface of Venus ...
Jan 21, 2022 · “We’re going to go back in time to understand a world that’s been a lost horizon,” said Dr. James Garvin, Goddard Space Flight Center, speaking at a live event announcing the Venus missions. Garvin is the mission’s principal investigator, who described Venus as the mystery exoplanet next door.
Mar 11, 2022 · published 11 March 2022. ... — The 10 weirdest facts about Venus — Why Venus is back in the ... "There's so much that we can do with this opportunity to go to Venus," Gilmore said. "We are all ...
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Jun 14, 2021 · The goal of these two new missions to Venus is to try to determine if Venus really was Earth’s twin, why it changed and whether, in general, large rocky planets become habitable oases like Earth ...