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- VERITAS is the next mission in NASA's Discovery Program of smaller, focused missions to explore the solar system, following Lucy (launched in 2021) and Psyche (launched in 2022).
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VERITAS is a solar-powered Venus orbiter with many similarities to NASA's MAVEN spacecraft at Mars. After arriving at Venus, the mission will use aerobraking to help slow the spacecraft and reshape its orbit.
- Venus: Exploration - Science@NASA
Dozens of spacecraft have launched to explore Venus, but not...
- NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus
NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest...
- Overview | VERITAS Tabs - NASA Solar System Exploration
The first U.S. mission to Venus in more than three decades,...
- Venus: Exploration - Science@NASA
Nov 9, 2017 · Dozens of spacecraft have launched to explore Venus, but not all have been successful. NASA's Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to visit any planet beyond Earth when it flew past Venus on Dec. 14, 1962. NASA is planning two new missions to Venus: VERITAS, and DAVINCI.
Mar 15, 2024 · The VERITAS mission to Venus is back on. NASA offered new details about when the launch will happen and what scientists hope to learn about the planet and climate change.
Jun 4, 2021 · Two new NASA missions will study the atmosphere and surface of Venus, seen here in a composite image from Magellan and Pioneer Venus Orbiter missions.
Jun 2, 2021 · NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. Part of NASA’s Discovery Program, the missions aim to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world when it has so many other characteristics similar to ours – and may have been the first habitable world in the solar system, complete with an ocean and ...
Oct 24, 2024 · The first U.S. mission to Venus in more than three decades, VERITAS will study Earth's sister planet from crust to core. VERITAS is the next mission in NASA's Discovery Program of smaller, focused missions to explore the solar system, following Lucy (launched in 2021) and Psyche (launched in 2022).
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Jul 8, 2020 · Updated June 2, 2021: Following a competitive, peer-review process, VERITAS was selected with DAVINCI+ to be the next NASA missions to Venus. Chosen based on their potential scientific value and the feasibility, the project teams will now work to finalize their requirements, designs, and development plans.
