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NASA Is Sending New Missions to Venus for the First Time in 30 Years: To better understand why the inferno-like planet is so different than Earth.

The space agency’s DAVINCI+ and VERITAS missions could spark a sea change in planetary science when they launch later this decade

After three decades, NASA's heading back to the planet.

Two new NASA missions will uncover the secrets of Venus (Photo / CNN) Its time to revisit Venus, our closest planetary neighbour. Two new missions to Earths twin have been greenlit by NASA via the agencys 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 ...

Spaceflight Insider Theresa Cross June 3rd, 2021 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 habi...

DENVER - To learn more about how terrestrial planets evolve over time, NASA selected the VERITAS and DAVINCI+ missions for its Discovery Program, both bound for Venus. Lockheed Martin will design,... | June 3, 2021

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NASA is returning to Venus for the first time in more than 30 years, unveiling two $500 million missions on Wednesday that are expected to launch within the next 10 years.

By orbiting Venus and plunging to its surface, NASA's new missions could reveal how the planet became so hellishly hot, and whether it hosts life.

NASA is going back to Venus—twice—with two new “Discovery” missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS.