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NASA is heading back to Venus
- 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 would send two new missions to Earth’s inner neighbor by 2030.
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Dec 11, 2019 · The Return to Venus and What It Means for Earth. 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.
Jun 4, 2021 · NASA/JPL-Caltech. 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...
Jun 2, 2021 · NASA will be heading back to Venus for the first time in decades. Two missions will explore the history of the planet's water and habitability. One of NASA’s next missions to Venus will be an...
Mar 15, 2024 · The space agency now plans to send a spacecraft to Venus as early as 2031, a few years later than its original plan to launch in 2027. What changed—and what are the upsides of going to Venus at...
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Venus is a rocky planet about the same size as Earth, but despite these similarities, it is a brutal place. Although only a little closer to the Sun than Earth, a runaway greenhouse effectmeans that it’s extremely hot at the surface – about 870 F (465 C), roughly the temperature of a self-cleaning oven. The pressure at the surface is a crushing 90 ...
What might come as a surprise is that in the 1960s and 1970s Venus was the central focus of space exploration like Mars is today. The U.S. and Soviet Union sent more than 30 spacecraft in total to the second planet from the Sun. But since 1989, only two missions have gone to Venus, and both were focused on studying the atmosphere – the European Spa...
I have argued before for returning to Venus, so to say I’m enthusiastic about these missions is an understatement. Venus may hold the key to understanding the past – and possibly the future – of Earth. As astronomers discover more and more Earth-size worlds around other stars, they need to understand whether the outcome we see on Earth – blue skies...
Jun 8, 2021 · With Two New Missions, NASA Announces Return to Venus by 2030. The projects, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, will explore the planet’s past and Earth’s similarities with its sister planet. Gia Yetikyel....
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Jun 11, 2021 · NASA is finally going back to Venus. Here’s what its twin missions hope to uncover. VERITAS and DAVINCI+ will arrive at the long-overlooked planet toward the end of the decade.