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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.
- VERITAS Overview - Science@NASA
VERITAS and NASA’s DAVINCI mission will be the first...
- VERITAS | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
VERITAS will return richly detailed radar maps of Venus'...
- VERITAS Science - Science - NASA Science
To find the answers, NASA's VERITAS mission will study the...
- VERITAS: Exploring the Deep Truths of Venus | NASA Jet ...
Updated June 2, 2021: Following a competitive, peer-review...
- VERITAS: Exploring the Deep Truths of Venus - NASA
To determine if Venus’ tessera plateaus formed in a similar...
- VERITAS 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.
VERITAS will return richly detailed radar maps of Venus' surface, vastly improving the resolution of maps made by the Magellan mission in the 1990s.
To find the answers, NASA's VERITAS mission will study the planet's surface, and its interior with a powerful new generation of scientific tools. It will create incredibly detailed radar maps of Venus' surface, vastly improving on the maps made by NASA’s Magellan mission in the 1990s.
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.
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jul 8, 2020 · To determine if Venus’ tessera plateaus formed in a similar way to Earth’s continents, VERITAS would construct the first global multispectral maps of Venus’ surface composition. If their composition resembles that of continental crust, we’d also gain information about Venus’ wetter past.
VERITAS — short for Venus Emissivity, Radio science, InSAR, Topography, And Spectroscopy — will provide us with the highest resolution global maps of Venus' surface to identify specific geologic and volcanic processes that actively shape it.