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Dec 11, 2019 · Sue Smrekar really wants to go back to Venus. In her office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the planetary scientist displays a 30-year-old image of Venus’ surface taken by the Magellan spacecraft, a reminder of how much time has passed since an American mission orbited the planet.
Dec 11, 2019 · Why NASA scientists want to go (back) to this most inhospitable planet. Sue Smrekar really wants to go back to Venus. In her office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the planetary scientist displays a 30-year-old image of Venus' surface taken by the Magellan spacecraft, a reminder of how much time has passed since an American mission orbited the planet.
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Mar 15, 2024 · 03-15-2024 TECH. NASA is on its way to Venus after all. Here’s what to know about the launch. The VERITAS mission to Venus is back on. NASA offered new details about when the launch will happen ...
Jun 4, 2021 · After neglecting our sister planet for almost three decades, NASA is heading back to Venus — and in a big way. On Wednesday, June 2, NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced that the agency ...
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The first mission, for which Dyar serves as the No. 2 scientist (Smrekar is No. 1), launches in 2028. The Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy(or VERITAS) spacecraft will spend about six months traveling to Venus, and then roughly three years in orbit. From its perch between 110 and 150 miles above the planet (half t...
As VERITAS orbits Venus, it will be joined mid-mission by the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging Plus(DAVINCI+). Launching in 2029, DAVINCI+ will, after six months of transit, spend 16 months doing a series of Venus flybys, which it will use to adjust its position as necessary to precisely deliver its payload...
Dyar hopes that, after a decade of disappointment, VERITAS and DAVINCI+ will usher in a decade of action for the Venus community. With modern maps and datasets, the knowledge gap between what researchers understand of Venus and what they understand of Mars will begin to narrow. To really catch up, however, they’ll need to touch down on the surface....
Jun 2, 2021 · For the first time in three decades, NASA had chosen to go back to Venus—not once but twice. The good news kept coming. Just a week after NASA’s eagerly anticipated announcement, the European ...
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Jun 3, 2021 · At Long Last, NASA Is Going Back to Venus. Two much-anticipated missions will explore the depths of Earth's nearest neighbor. By Jennifer Leman Published: Jun 03, 2021 2:50 PM EDT.