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Venus Life Finder is a planned uncrewed spacecraft to Venus designed to detect signs of life in the Venusian atmosphere. [4] Slated to be the first private mission to another planet, the spacecraft is being developed by Rocket Lab in collaboration with a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [6]
Rocket Lab is partnering with MIT to develop the Venus Life Finder mission with a single science instrument that will catalog molecules in the Venusian clouds and determine whether any are organic — a possible indication of life.
Dec 10, 2021 · The 18-month MIT-led Venus Life Finder Mission Study is now complete. The Venus Life Finder Missions are a series of focused astrobiology mission concepts to search for habitability, signs of life, and life itself in the Venus atmosphere.
Jan 18, 2022 · The MIT-led team behind the plan — called the Venus Life Finder Mission — say their spacecraft will look for signs of life in the Venusian clouds.
In 2023, Rocket Lab is sending the first private mission to Venus to help gather further evidence. The goal, using an Electron launch vehicle and Photon spacecraft, is to send a probe to around 30 miles’ altitude, where Venus’ atmospheric conditions are closer to those found on Earth.
Jul 18, 2022 · The Venus Life Finder (VLF) missions feature a series of three direct atmospheric probes designed to assess the habitability of the Venusian clouds and search for signs of life and life itself. The VLF missions are an astrobiology-focused set of missions, and the first two out of three can be launched quickly and at a relatively low cost.
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Dec 16, 2021 · The Venus Life Finder Mission intends to do that with a series of three flights. The first, due for launch in 2023, is a ballistic drop through the atmosphere and will use a laser to illuminate, excite and study organic molecules during the descent.
