Paul Byrne, associate professor of Planetary Science at North Carolina State University, explains the importance of the three upcoming missions to our planetary neighbour.
Two new missions to Venus DAVINCI+ and VERITAS have been selected by NASA. These missions will shed light on how Venus became the inhospitable world it is today, despite the fact that it shares many characteristics with Earth.
NASA is ready for two new missions to Venus, which is very much similar to Earth, in an effort to determine how the planet became inhospitable mybigplunge.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mybigplunge.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two new NASA missions will uncover the secrets of Venus
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It s time to revisit Venus, our closest planetary neighbour.
Two new missions to Earth s twin have been greenlit by NASA via the agency s Discovery Program. These missions, which were the two finalists selected from four concepts NASA highlighted in February 2020, will shed light on how Venus became the inhospitable world it is today, despite the fact that it shares many characteristics with Earth.
One mission would focus on the Venusian atmosphere, while the other would map the planet s surface.
Venus may have been the first habitable world in our solar system, including an ocean and climate similar to Earth but something happened to turn it into a planet with temperatures hot enough to melt lead.