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  1. Jun 2, 2021 · Despite the best efforts of scientists eager to study Earths sister world, U.S. efforts to send a dedicated spacecraft to Venus languished—until NASA made a surprising announcement.

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      Lindy Elkins-Tanton, the principal investigator on the NASA...

  2. Jun 4, 2021 · Did Venus always have a runaway greenhouse effect? Or did something trigger the effect later in its evolution? And if so, most importantly, when did it stop?

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  3. Nov 9, 2017 · How did Venus become a sulfurous inferno, while Earth evolved to become the only known world with life? Although not currently habitable, Venus lies within the Sun’s "Goldilocks zone," and may have been habitable before Earth.

  4. Dec 11, 2019 · Venus hides a wealth of information that could help us better understand Earth and exoplanets. NASA’s JPL is designing mission concepts to survive the planet’s extreme temperatures and atmospheric pressure. This image is a composite of data from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter.

  5. Jun 29, 2021 · NASA’s 1978 Pioneer Venus mission produced the first crude radar maps. But in the decade that followed, NASA launched no planetary science missions.

  6. 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. Read More

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  8. Apr 5, 2023 · Late last year, NASA pushed the VERITAS (or Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography and Spectroscopy) mission, originally scheduled to fly in 2027 to inaugurate the " Decade of...