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  1. Oct 1, 2024 · September 30, 2024 Prologue In a historic move, on September 18, 2024, the Union Cabinet of the Government of India has accorded approval for two significant space science missions, viz. the Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) to study different facets of Venus including its surface and atmosphere, and the Chandrayaan-4 mission, which is meant to collect lunar samples and bring back the same to the Earth.

  2. The Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM), which is intended to orbit a spacecraft in the orbit of planet Venus for a better understanding of the Venusian surface and subsurface, atmospheric processes, and influence of Sun on Venusian atmosphere, was approved by the Union Cabinet on September 18, 2024, under the direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

  3. Sep 20, 2024 · Isro chief S Somnath talking about the mission said that Venus has an atmosphere that's vastly different from Earth or even Mars. On Earth, the atmospheric pressure is 1 bar, but on Venus, it's a staggering 100 bar. "We don't yet understand why this is the case. In contrast, Mars has an atmospheric pressure that’s just 1/100th of Earth’s.

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  4. Sep 19, 2024 · Informally known as Shukrayaan-1, the Venus mission will be a big push to India’s space programme. Why India wants to study Venus. Studying Venus will help in a better understanding of the Earth. The hottest planet in our solar system was once habitable. “The study of the underlying causes of [the] transformation of Venus, which is believed ...

  5. Sep 29, 2023 · The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has joined this quest with its Venus Orbiter Mission, colloquially known as Shukrayaan. Set to launch in December 2024, it is designed to study the surface and atmosphere of Venus. It is expected to be a significant milestone for ISRO and has garnered attention for its ambitious scientific ...

  6. It announced in 2022 that its spacecraft captured the first visible light images of Venus in a 2021 flyby mission. NASA's future Venus missions are likely to take place in 2029, 2030 and 2031.

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  8. Nov 28, 2023 · The ISRO Venus mission has been dubbed as the Shukrayaan mission, for which ISRO chief S. Somanath has shared an update. Somanath says the project payloads have been fully developed now. ISRO Chairman, while addressing Indian National Science Academy in Delhi, talked about the unique characteristics of planet Venus and how Earth's atmosphere in future can turn toxic as did Shukrayaan's.

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