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- Earlier this week, NASA gave the green light to two new missions — DAVINCI+ and VERITAS — to explore our closest neighbour (bumping out missions to Jupiter's moon Io and the ice giant Neptune and its moon Triton.)
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Feb 13, 2020 · It's been nearly 30 years since a NASA spacecraft has visited the planet. But that could change, as missions to Venus are two of the four finalists for the agency's next two $500 million planetary missions, NASA announced today.
- Mercury — A Hot Place to Chill
- Hell on Venus
- Prospect For Water on Mars
- It's Raining Diamonds and Helium on The Gas Giants
- Sublime Pluto
Welcome to a planet where there's blissfully little going on. It's the perfect place to chill out because there's little in the way of distraction. First of all, there's no need to worry about the weather forecast. Mercury has no atmosphere — it's been burnt off by the Sun. It's definitely not a destination for storm chasers. But there's a downside...
Named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, Venus is ironically pretty close to hellish. The landscape is bathed in an eerie orange haze and the air is thick with cloud. And unlike Mercury, there is a pervasive smell of rotten eggs. "It's too hot for humans (or our robots) to survive on the surface and there's too much atmosphere to see the s...
Mars is currently colonised by robots that trundle around its rocky surface, leaving tracks in its red dust. "I'd definitely be up for hanging out with the robots on the surface of Mars," says Dr Bauer. After Mercury and Venus, Mars would be almost a breath of fresh air — except it's not, because you can't actually breathe the air on Mars. But resp...
Is it even possible to land on one of the gas giants, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune? Would you fall through and come out the other side? "Unfortunately, there is no surface to land on," says Dr Bauer. Visiting spacecraft haven't yet managed to get much detail about what lies at the "surface" or core of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune. "We...
After the weirdness of the gas giants, landing on Pluto would be a welcome relief. A rocky world, covered in ice, you'd definitely have somewhere to stand. And one of the most interesting things to see would be the fine snow made of nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide. However, if you timed a visit to coincide with Pluto orbiting close to the Sun...
- Kylie Andrews
Jun 3, 2021 · Four contending teams anxiously awaited the results: One wished to send a mission to Jupiter’s hypervolcanic moon Io. Another desired a visit to Triton, a cryovolcanic moon of Neptune.
Feb 14, 2020 · NASA has selected four mission concept studies as potential Discovery class solar system space missions to Venus, Jupiter’s moon of Io, and Neptune’s moon of Triton.
Feb 13, 2020 · Two NASA-JPL proposals are among the selections: Trident would explore Neptune's moon Triton, while Veritas aims to map Venus' surface to determine the planet's geologic history. NASA has selected four Discovery Program investigations to develop concept studies for new missions.
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sep 14, 2020 · Two Venus spacecraft, named DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, are competing against proposed missions to Neptune’s moon Triton or Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io. NASA may select two of the four finalists.
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Feb 14, 2020 · The proposed missions cover Venus, Jupiter’s moon Io and the icy moon of Neptune, Triton. Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, believes the ideas...
