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Feb 13, 2020 · This time, the Venus missions will face stiff competition from proposals to visit Io, Jupiter's large volcanic moon, and Triton, Neptune's icy moon, neither of which has been closely explored. Each proposal receives $3 million to flesh out their concept over the next year. After that, NASA plans to select two for flight.
Jun 2, 2021 · This is really exciting stuff," Nelson said. Discovery missions are capped at $500 million, excluding costs for the launch vehicle and mission operations. Both new Venus missions will launch ...
Jun 3, 2021 · Composite image of Venus based on data from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter. The space agency is now developing two new missions to Venus, each designed to reveal hidden ...
Feb 14, 2020 · The last U.S.-led mission to Venus that measured its environment was Pioneer Venus 2, which launched in 1978. Otherwise, spacecraft have flown by Venus from a distance, or worse, used it as a ...
Feb 13, 2020 · NASA has selected four potential future missions – to Jupiter’s fiery moon Io, Neptune’s icy moon Triton, and two that would explore the atmosphere and map the surface of Venus
Feb 14, 2020 · The question of Triton’s putative ocean traces back to at least 1989, when NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft partially mapped the moon’s surface and witnessed plumes of vapor blasting into space ...
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Jun 2, 2021 · NASA has announced two missions to study Earth’s nearest neighbour, both expected to launch between 2028 and 2030. The first mission is called Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases ...
