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  1. Venus is the second planet from the Sun, and the sixth largest planet. It’s the hottest planet in our solar system. Venus is a cloud-swaddled planet named for a love goddess, and often called Earths twin. But pull up a bit closer, and Venus turns hellish.

  2. Feb 9, 2022 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Joy Ng. Download this video and more imagery in HD formats from NASA Goddard’s Scientific Visualization Studio.

  3. Aug 29, 2022 · At less than $10 million, the mission—funded by Rocket Lab, MIT, and undisclosed philanthropists—is high risk but low cost, just 2% of the price for each of NASA’s Venus missions. “This is...

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  4. Jun 10, 2021 · The concept falls in Europe's Medium Class series. As such it has a capped budget to Esa of about €550m (£470m; $670m). This pays for the basic chassis of the spacecraft, the launch rocket...

  5. Mar 28, 2023 · Venus has volcanoes, but scientists are dismayed that NASA has slashed funding for a key mission to the planet that would have answered many important questions.

  6. Jun 3, 2021 · Nasa has announced that it is sending two new missions to Venus in order to examine the planet's atmosphere and geological features. The missions, which have each been awarded $500m (£352m) in...

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  8. May 22, 2023 · NASA's DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigations of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) mission will study Venus from above its clouds down to its surface, investigating how the planet and its dense atmosphere formed and evolved over the past 4.5 billion years.