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  1. science.nasa.gov › mission › veritasVERITAS Overview - Science@NASA

    VERITAS and NASA’s DAVINCI mission will be the first U.S.-led missions to Venus since Magellan three decades ago. VERITAS will have a low, circular orbit around Venus, allowing its instruments to collect high-resolution, global maps of the hellish surface hidden beneath the clouds.

  2. science.nasa.gov › mission › veritasVERITAS - NASA Science

    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.

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  4. www.jpl.nasa.gov › missions › veritasVERITAS | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

    VERITAS will return richly detailed radar maps of Venus' surface, vastly improving the resolution of maps made by the Magellan mission in the 1990s. From these data, scientists will make the first global, high-resolution maps of radar imagery and topography and the first maps of regions where geologic processes are actively deforming the ...

  5. science.nasa.gov › mission › veritasVERITAS Science - Science - NASA Science

    With its science instruments, the VERITAS mission will produce: High-resolution topographic maps and radar images. The first-ever maps showing where the surface is actively being deformed. The first global maps of rock types and iron minerals for Venus.

  6. www.jpl.nasa.gov › news › veritas-exploring-the-deepVERITAS: Exploring the Deep Truths of Venus | NASA Jet ...

    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.

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  7. solarsystem.nasa.gov › veritas-tabs › overviewOverview | VERITAS Tabs – NASA Solar System Exploration

    Oct 24, 2024 · Global map of Venus' surface created using radar images from NASA's Magellan mission. VERITAS will improve on Magellan's maps by orders of magnitude, greatly enhancing our knowledge of appearance of features on the surface and their topography.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › VERITAS_(spacecraft)VERITAS (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

    VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) is an upcoming mission from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to map the surface of the planet Venus in high resolution.

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