NASA to launch 2 missions DAVINCI+ and VERITAS to study lost habitable world of Venus
NASA has chosen two new missions to explore Venus, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, in order to learn more about how Earth s nearest planetary neighbour evolved into an inferno-like world. Each is scheduled to debut between 2028 and 2030.
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NASA has selected two new missions to study Venus to understand how Earths nearest planetary neighbour became an inferno-like world when it may have been the first habitable world in the solar system, complete with an ocean and Earth-like climate.
The two missions were selected, based on their potential scientific value and the feasibility of their development plans, from four mission concepts that NASA picked in February 2020 as part of the agency s Discovery 2019 competition.
VERITAS and DAVINCI+ chosen and funded as part of agency s concept selection
Laura Dobberstein Thu 3 Jun 2021 // 13:40 UTC Share
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NASA announced yesterday that it will fund two new missions to Venus to study its atmosphere and topography, both chosen from the Discovery Program.
The two missions will seek to understand how Venus made the transition from a theoretically Earth-like climate to becoming the solar system’s hottest planet. Venus is often referred to as Earth s sister planet and shares a similar size, mass, position, and composition. It may provide hints toward Earth s far distant future.
The missions are the land-bound Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI+) and the orbiting Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy (VERITAS). Both were given a $500m budget and are slated for launch between 2028 and 2030.
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An illustration of the VERITAS orbiter, which was one of two missions selected to study Venus at the end of the 2020s under NASA’s Discovery Program. Credit: NASA
As part of NASA’s emerging area of research, two new missions have been selected to study Venus as part of NASA’s Discovery Program.
The missions, the DAVINCI+ atmospheric probe and the VERITAS orbiter, seek to better understand how Venus changed from being possibly the first habitable planet in our solar system with oceans and near-Earth conditions to an “inferno like world.” These missions were among four potential chosen following a peer-based review process in February 2020 for their feasibility and contribution to scientific discovery.